US Evaluation of Bolivian Drug Control Misleading and Inaccurate
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…
Amnesty International Alert: Threats Against Human Rights Lawyer
Adalberto Rojas and members of the APDH have been receiving threats and harassment since 2003 because of their legitimate work in defence of human rights of peasants, indigenous peoples and…
De-vilifying the coca leaf
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…
Broadcast on Coca in Bolivia: March 8
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…