While the dark uncertainty of

the armed conflict continues to

roam our territory, taking lives
and devastating the biodiversity
of the jungle, our alma mater,
the community still defends its
roots in the ancestral systems
of cacao’s agricultural production.
The sociocultural potential of these
practices generated in its land a
movement of resistance against the
armed conflict’s actors.
Farmers of the Munguidó River or-
ganized themselves to banish daily
violence from their territory, thus
restoring and controlling social order
in their countryside.
Joel Palacios is one of the agent ac-
tors of this transformation. Inspired
by his family’s traditional relationship
with this Mesoamerican fruit, he leads
his community in the completion and
improvement of ancestral cocoa crops.
It is the main source of income for
agriculture workers, delivering crops
with refined flavors and aromas.
The community opened furrows in
the jungle with native techniques,
they sow and cultivate the plant
with a rigorous handling of the
harvest and post-harvest.
Joel Palacios undertook a commu-
nity project of environmentally
sustainable economy. 280 black
and aboriginal families settled in
the valley of the Munguidó River to
produce Choco origin organic cocoa.
Today in Choco, one lives
and breathes the aroma
of the cocoa flower.
Elders say that the fermenta-
tion process is the alchemy of
cacao. Drying the beans in the
sun, toasting and grinding all
of it with mysticism. Devoting
to this process synthesizes the
essential fats of the bean, pro-
ducing optimal raw material to
create an excellent chocolate.
The fermentation and
drying process im-
proved, allowing the en-
try to specialized mar-
kets where the kilogram
value increased.
Just as in the ancient capital
of the Aztec empire, you can
drink the blood of the gods in
the ritual of pure cacao with
the essential flavors of the
Chocos jungle.
We invite you to enjoy an experience what will make
your heart beat faster. In our small station, you will
be able to see and live almost entirely the handmade
process around the production of the chocolate.

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