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Saving Mexican criollo cocoa (Royal Cocoa of Soconusco).

Demetria Gutiérrez has been growing cocoa for more than fifty years. Her land is surrounded by banana trees; the majority of her neighbours have sold up and left the community. Doña Demetria, who has always refused to sell her cocoa plantation to the banana companies, is also known in her community as “The Resistant”. Tapachula, Mexico.

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Saving Mexican criollo cocoa (Royal Cocoa of Soconusco).<br />
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Demetria Gutiérrez has been growing cocoa for more than fifty years. Her land is surrounded by banana trees; the majority of her neighbours have sold up and left the community. Doña Demetria, who has always refused to sell her cocoa plantation to the banana companies, is also known in her community as “The Resistant”. Tapachula, Mexico.