The evidence of a ruling ochlocracy, the humongous and widespread cases of corruption under the government of the coca caudillo, finally led to the European Union to take responsible action! Back in the mid 90’s, USA, mainly by the lead of USAID/Bolivia took the leadership to have all bilateral and multilateral donors to sit together…
Tag: USAID/Bolivia
Backyard reference was just an excuse for Bolivia’s decision to expel USAID
Many people in Bolivia believe the absurd excuse that current Bolivia president gave regarding his irresponsible decision to expel the greatest binational donor agency ever to assist Bolivia. The “backyard” reference made by Kerry, and used by the occasional president of Bolivia to expel USAID, is completely distorted, manipulated and confuses the people of Bolivia….
TIME reports: Bolivian Coca Farmers Switch to Coffee Beans
This is from TIME, Jean Friedman-Rudovsky reporting: For millennia, farmers in Bolivia’s breathtaking Yungas Valley terraced their steep mountainsides for coca. They grew just enough of the leaf, which is sacred to the indigenous peoples of South America’s Andes region, to make tea and chew to combat high-altitude exhaustion. That changed in the 20th century,…
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