BOLIVIA is set to build a new state-owned processing plant with local coffee producers to make instant coffee, President Luis Arce announced on Tuesday.
The new plant will be in the Yungas region of La Paz, the country’s main coffee-producing centre.
Though the region produces high-quality ground coffee, the largest supplier remains Nescafe, which uses coffee beans from Brazil, where it has been accused of human rights abuses.
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