Natural parks, land of drugs | Parques naturales, tierra de drogas

Editorial, El Deber: The national parks of Bolivia are abandoned, the State does not take care of them and, as a natural consequence, drug traffickers appropriate them to install their cocaine factories there, when the settlers are not the ones who arrive first to occupy land, to clear and settle illegally with the help of…

What El Chapare hides – Lo que esconde El Chapare

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…

YUNGAS road

Travel, BBC: The world’s most dangerous road (Image credit: Harald von Radebrecht/Alamy) By Shafik Meghji A drive down Bolivia’s infamous “Death Road” takes travellers into a world where two resources have provoked fascination, misunderstanding and controversy for centuries: coca and gold. After cresting the 4,800m Cumbre pass, the trufi (shared taxi) plunged into a cloud of swirling mist….

The HUNT has begun! – ¡La CACERÍA comenzó!

Scott Mistler-Ferguson, In Sight Crime: Bolivia Anti-Drug Chief Target of Both Bolivia and United States The US indictment of Bolivia’s former anti-narcotics chief on drug and weapons charges means he could possibly be extradited to the United States – a move that Bolivia will decide following his arrest there on charges of illicit enrichment. Maximiliano…