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Bolivia: Coca Fields May Reemerge as Battleground

The Miami Herald,  Knight Ridder News Service  A truce between Bolivian troops and farmers who grow coca is set to expire Oct. 1, and many in the Chapare region wonder…

Conflicting Agendas: The Politics of Development Aid in Drug-Producing Areas

Development Policy Review, 2005, 23 (2): 183-198 Overseas Development Institute, 2005. Published by Blackwell Publishing, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA. When international development…

President Mesa Resigns: Bolivia’s Future Uncertain, Chaos Continues

President Mesa Resigns:  Bolivia’s Future Uncertain, Chaos Continues Prepared by the Andean Information NetworkJune 6, 2005 Over three weeks of grueling social conflict in La Paz, the extension of road blockades…

Congress Rejects Mesa’s Resignation: Agreement Alienates Protesting Sectors and Blockades Continue

On May 6, President Carlos Mesa caught Bolivia off-guard.   He announced that as a result of continual protests and growing blockades, he was no longer willing to, "govern based on…