From the Daily Beast: My Night at Bolivia’s Illegal Cocaine Bar In La Paz, our correspondent finds a legendary basement dive, where the house specialty is not a cocktail, but an illicit tray of the white stuff. It’s a well-known secret in La Paz, Bolivia, that it has an illegal underground cocaine bar, noted as…
Category: Drug war – narcotraffick
UN Reports Small Decrease in Bolivia Coca Cultivation … not damn enough!
InSight Crime reports: UN Reports Small Decrease in Bolivia Coca Cultivation Written by Deborah Bonello Coca cultivation in Bolivia has reached its lowest levels since United Nations monitoring began in 2003, moving the country closer to policy makers’ de facto cap on coca crops. But as transnational drug trafficking intensifies, the world’s third-largest coca producer…
Brazil, Bolivia Gang Up on International Drug Ring
Written by Mike LaSusa for Insight Crune; Brazil, Bolivia Gang Up on International Drug Ring Authorities in Brazil and Bolivia carried out a joint operation against a group suspected of international drug trafficking in the latest sign of increasing law enforcement cooperation between Brazil and its cocaine-producing neighbors. Media outlets based in both countries reported…
Bolivia has “changed” thanks to the egocentric coca-grower leader … WTH!
The following cartoons published yesterday, depict Bolivian reality after more than 10 years of the ochlocratic government: From Pagina Siete: The pending files on the government’s need-to-do’s has on the left side all the “approved: projects that will serve to improve the image of this president. The files on the right are projects on: health,…
A disgrace called evo
I write this post filled with anger against the worst populist to set foot at the Bolivian presidency. This coca grower has finally demonstrated what he is made of: egocentric and cares only about himself, a despicable person and the worst possible president. This cartoon from Pagina Siete reflects the ordeal of the people with diminished…
Bolivia Church Clashes With Govt in Scathing Attack on Drug Corruption
InSight Crime reports: Bolivia Church Clashes With Govt in Scathing Attack on Drug Corruption Written by Mimi Yagoub A pastoral letter by members of Bolivia’s Catholic Church has spoken out against drug trafficking and consumption in the country, controversially laying part of the blame on the nation’s “corrupt” government and security forces. The letter by…
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