The CIA bloom all over the South American state (8)

I believe the answer is:

colombia

(Other definitions for colombia that I've seen before include "Coffee-exporting South American country" , "Bogot++ is its capital" , "Bogota is its capital" , "South American Republic" , "S American state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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