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Bolivia: Legacy of Coca

Introduction Bolivia is the third largest producer of coca leaves, following Colombia and Peru. The plant, which has been a part of the Bolivian culture for thousands of years and…

Rethinking Alternative Development in Bolivia

When an opposition movement supported by the coca grower’s political party forced the resignation of Bolivia’s President Sánchez de Lozada in October 2003, it was fueled in part by long-standing…

Popular Protest Brings Down the Government

Click here to read the full text.  http://ain-bolivia.org/2003popularprotest.pdf Former Bolivian president Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada is the fourth elected president inLatin America to be forced from office as a result…

An Uncertain Peace in Bolivia

Bolivia's conflicts regarding the proposal to export the nation's gas to the US through a Chilean port proved to be the spark that fueled a much larger fire of national…