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Foreign Policy: Can South American Lithium Power Biden’s Battery Plans?
AIN discusses Far-Right Violence in Santa Cruz, Bolivia Live on Kawsachun News.
AIN in the Latin American Advisor:
AIN on France 24 Debate: Bolivia’s Coca Market Conflict
Bolivia y el litio: ¿Pueden los calmados y constantes ganar la carrera? New Security Beat
US Drug Control Funding in Bolivia
We are projecting drug control funding for 2014 at $0USD due to the announced withdrawal of the US State Department’s Narcotic Affairs Section.
US ONDCP Retroactively Reduced Coca Cultivation Estimates 2005-2011
The ONDCP has also retroactively (and without any explanation) reduced it’s estimates for Bolivian coca cultivation from 2005-2011 (the years since Morales’s election). I’m not sure what’s going on…
Coca Cultivation in Colombia vs. Bolivia: Recently Revised US Statistics
Although the US frequently pats Colombia on the back for coca reduction and anti-drug efforts, Bolivia’s coca cultivation is substantially lower than Colombia’s, especially when factoring in the 12,000 hectares…
ONDCP Dramatically Downscales Potential Cocaine Production Estimates for Bolivia
On July 9, the US Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) published its estimates of potential cocaine production in the Andes, citing a significant region-wide decrease from 2011 to…