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Bolivia
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Bolivia’s African King Speaks For Coca Growers
"People don't understand that it is not a drug."
December 19, 2017
Brazil, Bolivia Launch Joint Anti-Narco Operation
Bolivia and Brazil have agreed to a joint plan to fight criminal gangs that operate on their shared…
May 16, 2017
Bolivia Doubles Territory Open to Coca Cultivation
On Wednesday, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales signed into a law a bill passed by the country’s congress that nearly doubles…
March 9, 2017
Bolivia: Mass Prisoner Pardon to Relieve Overcrowding
On Christmas Eve, Bolivian President Evo Morales pardoned 1,800 prisoners held in facilities across the country—part of his ongoing effort to…
December 27, 2016
Special Forces Seize 8 Metric Tons of Marijuana in Bolivia
The Cochabamba region, long the heartland of Bolivian coca-leaf production, now appears to be emerging as a cannabis…
October 25, 2016
Is Bolivia Moving Back to the Bad Old Days?
President Barack Obama once again singled out Washington’s biggest political adversaries in Latin America for censure in this year’s White House report…
September 20, 2016