Bolivia charts its own path on coca
A very small country challenged the basic premises of U.S. domination and policy implications, and it succeeded
InterPress Service (IPS)
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Thursday, June 26, 2014
The U.N. reported that coca cultivation in Bolivia fell nine percent last year, and a massive 26 percent in the past three years. The nationwide decrease, to an area of only 23,00 hectares, or 12 miles, is widely regarded as a laudable achievement, but overlooked is the fact that Bolivia’s success has come on its own terms – not Washington’s – and with vital cooperation from many of the country’s small coca farmers.
