This cartoon from El Diario, depicts two people talking about questioning the fact that growing coca goes against Mother Nature. Coca crops, leaves, is used to make cocaine: damage sour soil, causes deforestation and lack of water. On top of that this government also threatens our environment y trying to push a dam in El Bala…
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Bolivia is becoming like Somalia or Afghanistan, cocaine is taking over!
This cartoon is from Pagina Siete, 03/06/2017: It shows, a coca grower desire to pay an annual tax of only Bs50, less than $10 dollars! Somalia and/or Afghanistan have fallen to the control of small groups who with guns and money do as they [lease in those countries … similar thing is happening in Bolivia….
Bolivia’s coca grower caudillo president Nearly Doubled Land Allowed for Coca
Voice of America reports: Bolivia Set to Nearly Double Land Allowed for Coca A woman chews coca leaves during an event commemorating the tradition of coca leaf chewing in La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 11, 2017. Coca has been cultivated in the Bolivian Andes since at least the Inca era. [people forget that the Inca and…
Bolivia: Banana export prices decreased by 50%
From La Prensa via Freshplaza: Bolivia: Banana export prices decreased by 50% Banana export prices fell from 2.40 to 1.30 dollars per box in the last six months, stated the president of the Community Organization of Banana Workers of the Tropic of Cochabamba, Agustin Conde. According to Conde, the decrease in the international price of…
The Mennonites of Bolivia
Jackie Friedman reports ofr The Week: The Mennonites of Bolivia The insular agricultural community just wants to be left alone… in the tropical jungles of South America. Selling milk and cheese are among the most important sources of income for Mennonites in Bolivia. | (Jordi Ruiz Cirera) The broad savannahs and dry jungles of…
UNDP and Global Fund grant to fight drug-resistant TB in Bolivia with focus on prison populations
UNDP reports: UNDP and Global Fund grant to fight drug-resistant TB in Bolivia with focus on prison populations New York, 8 February – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) announced a new US$11 million grant to fight tuberculosis (TB) in Bolivia. Aiming to strengthen…
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