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This article was originally published in Stability: International Journal of Security and Development.  View full text and .pdf versions here.   From Conflict to Collaboration: An Innovative Approach to Reducing Coca Cultivation in Bolivia Kathryn Ledebur* and Coletta A. Youngers1† *Director of the Andean Information Network (AIN), Cochabamba †Senior Fellow at the Washington Office on [...]

La fumigación aérea de cultivos de coca ha sido una política ineficaz, en términos de reducción de producción de coca y cocaína, y dañina a la flora y fauna de Colombia y toda la región andina. Dado los efectos negativos que ha tenido, líderes y lideresas de ONGs colombianas e internacionales se han juntado para [...]

The aerial fumigation of coca crops has not only been an ineffective policy to curb cocaine production but has also led to significant human, agricultural, and environmental damages in Colombia and throughout the Andean region. Because of the grave effects chemical spraying has on local populations, a collection of NGOs throughout the world are petitioning [...]

Enlace a version en .pdf             0 0 LOS ESFUERZOS BOLIVIANOS PARA EL CONTROL DE LAS DROGAS: AVANCES GENUINOS, DESAFIOS CONSIDERABLES Por Kathryn Ledebur y Coletta A. Youngers   Introducción Tras una victoria abrumadora en las urnas, Evo Morales se convirtió en Presidente de Bolivia en enero de 2006.[1] Presidente [...]

Link to pdf version of the memo Bolivian Drug Control efforts: Genuine Progress, Daunting Challenges By Kathryn Ledebur and Coletta A. Youngers Introduction Following a landslide victory at the polls, Evo Morales became president of Bolivia in January 2006.[i] Head of the coca-growers’ federation, Morales was a long-standing foe of U.S. drug policy, and many [...]

  Escrito por Kathryn Ledebur, Directora de la Red Andina de Información (AIN, siglas en inglés) y Coletta A. Youngers, Asesora Principal de WOLA Los críticos literarios citan Las Aventuras de Alicia en el País de las Maravillas como uno de los mejores ejemplos del género “literatura del absurdo”. El intento por parte del gobierno [...]

  AIN-WOLA Joint Commentary By Kathryn Ledebur, Director of the Andean Information Network and Coletta A. Youngers, Senior Fellow, Washington Office on Latin America   Literary critics cite Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as one of the best examples of the “literary nonsense” genre. The U.S. government’s attempt to cast Bolivia’s recent drug control progress as [...]

Link to pdf of the 2012 White House Presidential Determination 2012-15      

The Wall Street Journal’s recent article from August 1st, “Jailed American’s Drug Case Stokes Tension With Bolivia,” fails to acknowledge the many discrepancies in the Ostreicher case, dramatically exaggerates the effect the case has had on Bolivian-US relations, and contrives false connections between Ostreicher’s case and other drug-related cases.  Prolonged pretrial detention and harsh conditions [...]

The Council on Hemispheric Affairs’ (COHA) April 25 “Spotlight on Bolivia: The “Coca Diplomacy” of Evo Morales,” generalizes and speculates about Bolivian drug policy and relations with the United States. While the general conclusion that U.S. policymakers should do more to cooperate with Bolivia’s vision of coca is valid, inaccuracies presented weaken its arguments. The [...]