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An Energizing Tradition

How an Indigenous woman in Ecuador turned an Amazonian drink into a family business

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By USAID publications
March 26th, 2024
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Footnotes Narrative by Noelia Gutierrez and Chelsea Milko McAllister, USAID. Photos by Joel Heim for USAID.

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