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Disputes over security, energy and trade have fueled rising tensions between Colombia and Ecuador, with both countries imposing tariffs as high as 100% on imports.

Colombia is reinforcing its response to insecurity, drug trafficking and illegal groups at the Ecuador border, as tensions grow over Ecuador’s “security tariff.”

In the first half of 2019, Colombia’s avocado exports are up 37.6% compared to the same period in 2018, according to ProColombia, Colombia’s export promotion agency, and DANE, the national statistics agency. This in contrast to a global increase in consumption of 3% according to...