Bolivia, Drug Use In
Bolivia is a land of gaunt mountains, cold desolate plains, and semi-tropical lowlands situated in the central part of South America. Straddling the Andes mountains, Bolivia...
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Colombia's vice president said Sunday that a U.S.-backed program to fumigate coca fields is failing to stem cocaine trafficking and called for anti-drug efforts to shift away from the practice.Vice...
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez switched from coffee to another stimulant during a
speech Saturday -- he popped a coca leaf into his mouth and
chewed it while defending the us...
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Always Coca-Cola? Not if Bolivia's coca growers have their way. The farmers want the word "Coca" dropped by the U.S. soft drink company, arguing that the potent shrub belongs to the cultural herita...
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In a new feature film about his journey from dirt-poor sheep herder to Bolivia's president, Evo Morales is portrayed being beaten unconscious by anti-narcotics police and found the next day by fell...
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Since taking office in January, Bolivian President Evo Morales has tried to hold onto millions of dollars in U.S. aid contingent on the eradication of coca, without losing the support of its grower...
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