Página Siete: It is known by all that the Chapare of Cochabamba is fertile land for the drug trafficking business, and it is not, as the MAS boss says, a concept that stems from antipathy towards the coca growers in that area or from a mere anti-MAS sentiment. Last month, four drug factories were found…
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Chapare, “no man’s land” [evo delivers!]
El Diario reports: According to opponents The ambush of a Umopar patrol, after discovering the airstrip, is a fact that shows the close complicity of coca growers and drug trafficking, says Oscar Ortiz Regardless of the injured personnel, the death of a resident was recorded due to the impact of a gunshot, a fact that…
Tribunal warns about the negative effects of Polygon 7 for the TIPNIS
Los Tiempos reports: The former president of the Constituent Assembly of Ecuador and current member of the Court of Defense of the Rights of Nature, Alberto Acosta, warned from Quito that the Polygon 7, inhabited by colonizing peasants, constitutes a worrisome threat for the indigenous people and for the conservation of the Indigenous Territory and…
Bolivian Coca eradication under the coca growers’ caudillo presidency … WTH?!
An important Sub-Editorial from Pagina Siete: Coca eradication According to Deputy Minister of Social Defense and Controlled Substances, Felipe Cáceres, in 2016 the eradication of illegal crops and surpluses of coca leaves fell by 40.3% compared to last year: 6,576 hectares in 2016 and 11,020 in 2015. The authorities explained that this decrease is due…
Can Radar Shut Down the Bolivia Cocaine Air Bridge?
InSight Crime reports: Can Radar Shut Down the Bolivia Cocaine Air Bridge? Written by Luis Fernando Alonso The government in Bolivia has finalized a contract for an advanced nationwide radar system, but doubts remain as to whether this alone will be enough to halt the flow of cocaine that passes through the Andean nation. The…
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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