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Sales of coca leaf amounted to approximately US$265 million in 2009, representing 14% of all agricultural sales and 2% of Bolivia's GDP. [4] Coca is legally sold in wholesale markets in Villa Fátima in La Paz and in Sacaba, Cochabamba.
In Peru, areas planted with coca rose by 18% last year, and in Bolivia — where there are no figures for 2022 — there was an increase of 4% a year earlier, she said.
Coca eradication in Colombia. Coca eradication is a strategy promoted by the United States government starting in 1961 as part of its "war on drugs" to eliminate the cultivation of coca, a plant whose leaves are not only traditionally used by indigenous cultures but also, in modern society, in the manufacture of cocaine.
Coca leaf. Cocaleros are the coca leaf growers of Peru and Bolivia.In response to U.S.-funded attempts to eradicate and fumigate coca crops in the Chapare region of Bolivia, cocaleros joined with other grassroots indigenous organizations in the country, such as unionized mine workers and peasants to contest the government.
Bolivia’s coca farmers are battling for control of their main market in the highland city of La Paz.A fire broke out near where protesters and police clashed on Monday, with both sides blaming ...
A brew of ancient coca is Bolivia's buzzy new beer. But it's unclear if the world will buy in. PAOLA FLORES. June 11, 2024 at 11:57 AM.
In 2014, coca plantations were discovered in Mexico, [24] and in 2020 in Honduras, ... In Bolivia bags of coca leaves are sold in local markets and by street vendors.
Linhas brancas retas são estradas, linhas e faixas brancas sinuosas são rios / Ivirgarzama, almost 10,000 people, at Bolívia´s Puerto Vilarroel county. One of the largest towns in Bolivia´s Cochabamba Tropic. Urban area in white, at image top right. Forest in dark green. Spots in the forest are legal coca plantations.