Ricardo Villanueva, president of coffee association Anacafé, explained that 33 companies and entities will showcase their goods and services in the exhibition area.

Villanueva described the activity as “the event that will gather the largest number of people from different nationalities in the history of Guatemala“, and called on small local growers to take advantage of this opportunity and make contacts for conducting businesses with the entire world.

Source: sigloxxi.com

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