It is undeniable that current president of Bolivia has sworn loyalty first to his condition as the leader of the coca-growers of the Chapare, thus the title of this post, so that the acolytes of this gov does not have ideas to come after me… ;) It is sad and upsetting to watch how the…
Category: Drug war – narcotraffick
Bolivian lowlands flooded with cocaine
A good Editorial from El Diario: Flood of cocaine in the eastern region The many discoveries of cocaine factories and traffickers of that dangerous drug in various parts of the East, has shown that the country was not only invaded and inundated by water during the last rainy season, but is now practically flooded with…
Coca leaves’ production replaced oranges in Yungas, cocaine business is booming!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: The oranges of truth It is a pity that the Deputy Rebeca Delgado has decided to surrender to government threats for their participation in the Truth Commission. [you can watch a cartoon related to her decision and of another member of that committee, down below] This “casualty” hurts everyone…
Bolivian government cannot rule in Yapacani, thanks to cocaine and anarchy!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: The withdrawal from Yapacani It is probable that the FARC have come to control Colombian territory with the same method now used by narco traffickers in Bolivia, gradually forcing the State to give up, to withdraw from large areas. The Government was just forced to withdraw its project of…
Profound critique of what is Bolivia becoming
Claudio Ferrufino writes in El Dia: The cuisine in the country of thieves Beatriz Rossells asked me to write the preface to the fourth edition of her wonderful book “Gastronomy in Potosi and Charcas, XVIII, XIX and XX centuries.” Things like that help to overcome the hardship it means to be a Bolivian. I prefer…
Politics 101: … what is said and what ends up been done
Raul Penaranda writes in Pagina Siete: Distance between what is said and done Past Bolivian politicians were not a paragon of virtue, much less, and committed a series of contradictions between what they said and did. One offered a “moral revolution” and was involved in numerous scandals, another 500,000 jobs promised and fulfilled only 10%…
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