Colombia: Green Gold, Black Gold, Avocados vs Oil

Apr 24, 2018 | Emma Newbery, Bogota Post
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Throw-away comments from politicians always tend to spark headlines during election time – in this case a flurry of memes and a debate about the popular puckered superfood that is the avocado. The trouble with politics is that things often get divided into polar opposites: black or white, peace or war, oil or avocados. It is not a question of agriculture or oil: right now, Colombia needs both of them.