In Venezuela, Plantations of Cacao Stir Bitterness

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A painting of cacao pods in Puerto Colombia, Venezuela. The passions surrounding the crop have turned it into a contentious political issue. More Photos >
By SIMON ROMERO
Published: July 28, 2009

HENRI PITTIER NATIONAL PARK, Venezuela — Kai Rosenberg acknowledges that he might be a little insane. He owns a cacao plantation in this swath of untamed cloud forest in northern Venezuela, where ocelots dart under towering saman trees and howler monkeys shriek at visitors. More