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Cocoa fruits hang on a tree at a farm in Buena Fe Canton, Los Rios province, Ecuador on June 12, 2024. Ecuador is the world's third-largest cocoa producer, where high market prices benefit small farmers who produce 80 percent of the country's cocoa. However, drug violence affects these incomes, with Los Rios province registering higher homicide rates than Guayas, the center of drug operations. (Photo by MARCOS PIN / AFP) (Photo by MARCOS PIN/AFP via Getty Images)