By El Deber: Bolivia’s Premium Cocoa Seeks a Bigger Share of the Global Chocolate Market Export growth is creating an opening for Bolivia to move beyond raw cocoa sales and build a higher-value chocolate industry around one of the world’s most distinctive wild cacao beans. Bolivia will never rival the world’s cocoa powerhouses in volume….
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Bolivia advances in the cacao value chain | Bolivia avanza en cadena de valor del cacao
By El Diario:4 With the aim of strengthening the cacao production chain, the Government of Bolivia, international organizations, and Non-Governmental Organizations carried out a strategic institutional mapping to coordinate joint policies that project the competitiveness of Bolivian cacao both domestically and globally. This progress took place at last Monday’s meeting at Palacio Chico, where the…
Bolivian cacao in higher demand in Argentina and Europe for its high quality | Cacao boliviano más demandado en Argentina y Europa por su alta calidad
By El Mundo: PRODUCTION. Bolivian cacao is highly valued in the international market for its quality and flavor, with exports concentrated in the Netherlands (37%), followed by Germany (21%) and Argentina (13%). Eighty percent of tree cultivation is concentrated in the department of La Paz. In the local market, it is used in the chocolate industry,…
Soccer, cacao, and bees have brought young reforesters together for 10 years | El fútbol, el cacao y las abejas unen a los jóvenes reforestadores desde hace 10 años
By Sumando Voces, Erbol: IN THE AMAZON This story has a lot to do with soccer, cacao, and bees. It all began in 2015, when fires reached massive proportions, leaving devastation and sorrow in the Bolivian Amazon. At that time, soccer was already bringing together the youth of the Medio Monte community, located about 35…
Tacanas of Capaina Baja and Their Story of Chocolate with a Taste of Hope | Tacanas de Capaina Baja y su historia de chocolate con sabor a esperanza
By Marisol Alvarado, Vision 360: They were affected by fires Mura Vita Vita is the name of the enterprise driven by seven partners from the Tacana indigenous community, located in the municipality of San Buenaventura, in the department of La Paz. A community member cuts the leaves of a cacao tree. Photo: CIPTA – Practical…
Beni: tacana chocolate looks at the urban markets of Bolivia | el chocolate tacana mira los mercados urbanos de Bolivia
Ivan Alejandro Paredes, El Deber: Chocolate from that region is highly requested in the cafes of Rurrenabaque. Tourists ask for organic cocoa. In the community of Altamarani one of the best chocolates is produced. The initiative is led by Tacana indigenous people who live in that town, located in the municipality of San Buenaventura in…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 