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ONDCP Reports No Increase in Coca Cultivation in Bolivia in 2006

Written by The Andean Information Network and The Washington Office on Latin America
May 23, 2007

Click here to read this joint AIN-WOLA memo in PDF format.
On April 25, 2007, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released U.S. estimates of coca cultivation and cocaine production in Bolivia for 2006. In the preceding months, U.S. officials had repeatedly warned of soaring coca cultivation in Bolivia in what was President Evo [...]

Evo Morales quer expandir mercado da ‘coca legal’

Written by The Andean Information Network
May 17, 2007

Presidente da Bolívia quer aumentar o cultivo e a venda das folhas. G1 visitou o mercado da coca de La Paz.
Click here for the whole article on G1.
Ele não deu nenhum golpe de Estado. Tampouco pensa em revolução. E apesar de ostentar um ideário esquerdista, Evo Morales, o ex-líder sindical dos cocaleiros bolivianos [...]

U.S. sees no coca increase under Bolivia’s Morales

Written by The Andean Information Network
April 24, 2007

A study released Wednesday by the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy found Bolivia's coca production "statistically unchanged" from 2005, the year before the leftist president, who rose to prominence as a coca growers' representative, was inaugurated.
But U.S. officials say they still expect Bolivian cultivation of the plants used to make cocaine to [...]

US Evaluation of Bolivian Drug Control Misleading and Inaccurate

Written by The Andean Information Network
March 13, 2007

US officials continue to cling to eradication figures and old yardsticks to evaluate Bolivia’s new approach to coca cultivation and drug control.
The 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR)1 criticizes the Morales administration for an increase in coca production and in drug trafficking in Bolivia.  Although official U.S. figures have not been released, it [...]

De-vilifying the coca leaf

Written by The Andean Information Network
March 12, 2007

The United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs entered into force in 1964, making illegal the international trade the coca leaf. Since his inauguration, Bolivian President Evo Morales has fought the international stigma that surrounds the coca leaf, taking a simple message to the world: coca yes, cocaine no. Last year, during the UN General [...]

Broadcast on Coca in Bolivia: March 8

Written by The Andean Information Network
March 8, 2007

 

Listen to a story by journalist Mary Stucky of Round Earth Productions and facilitated by AIN on the importance of the cato of coca on BBC's "The World."
Listen online
http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/8575

Chronicle on the Scene Feature: Bolivia’s “Coca, Yes, Cocaine No” Policy is Beginning to Work

Written by The Andean Information Network
February 22, 2007

Originally published in the Drug War Chronicle , Issue #474, 4/23/07
 
On the long, arduous highway connecting Puno, the last major city in the Peruvian south, with the Bolivian capital of La Paz, travelers approaching Bolivia cross the border on the shores of Lake Titicaca near the small Bolivian town of Copacabana. There, the entrance [...]

The Drug War in the Andes: A Curriculum

Written by
February 22, 2007

Click here to download The Drug War in the Andes Curriculum
The Drug War in the Andes seeks to introduce highschool students to many of the key issues affecting US international drug policy. The immediacy of the “War on Drugs” in students’ lives makes it an excellent topic for educating about international policy issues. Learning [...]

Yungas Coca Growers Seek Industrialization of Coca but Split on its Legalization

Written by
February 8, 2007

Coca Leaf Policy under the Morales Administration
President Evo Morales’s policies on the cultivation, sale, and manufacture of coca leaf are inspiring a variety of economic opportunities in Bolivia’s rural areas on the eastern slope of the Andes Mountains. Coca is an ancient crop valued in Bolivia for its medicinal and nutritional properties, as well as [...]

Bolivia cuestiona recorte de ayuda antidroga de EEUU

Written by The Andean Information Network
February 5, 2007

"No es sólo un recorte a Bolivia sino a varios países de la región, pero debería haber más recursos (financieros) a la interdicción de drogas", dijo el martes el vicepresidente Alvaro García.
"El gobierno boliviano hace esfuerzos extraordinarios contra el narcotráfico", agregó.
Bush disminuyó la ayuda contra las drogas [...]

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