Bolivia’s African King Speaks For Coca Growers
December 19, 2017
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“People don’t understand that it is not a drug.”
Tag: Bolivia
Brazil, Bolivia Launch Joint Anti-Narco Operation
May 16, 2017
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Bolivia and Brazil have agreed to a joint plan to fight criminal gangs that operate on their shared jungle border, long porous for drug and
Bolivia Doubles Territory Open to Coca Cultivation
March 9, 2017
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On Wednesday, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales signed into a law a bill passed by the country’s congress that nearly doubles the area of national territory open to
Bolivia: Mass Prisoner Pardon to Relieve Overcrowding
December 27, 2016
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On Christmas Eve, Bolivian President Evo Morales pardoned 1,800 prisoners held in facilities across the country—part of his ongoing effort to curtail overcrowding in the Andean nation’s penal
Bolivia’s African King Speaks For Coca Growers
December 19, 2017
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“People don’t understand that it is not a drug.”
Brazil, Bolivia Launch Joint Anti-Narco Operation
May 16, 2017
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Bolivia and Brazil have agreed to a joint plan to fight criminal gangs that operate on their shared jungle border, long porous for drug and arms traffickers. The decision was made at a Brasilia meeting between Brazil’s Justice Minister Osmar Serraglio and Bolivia’s Government Minister Carlos Romero on May 13. The plan includes establishment of new border checkpoints in the Bolivian outposts of Bella Vista
Bolivia Doubles Territory Open to Coca Cultivation
March 9, 2017
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On Wednesday, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales signed into a law a bill passed by the country’s congress that nearly doubles the area of national territory open to coca leaf cultivation. Law 906, or the General Law of Coca Leaf, envisions new legal commercial and industrial uses for the leaf. It replaces the far more restrictive Law 1008, passed during the Reagan-led drug
Bolivia: Mass Prisoner Pardon to Relieve Overcrowding
December 27, 2016
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On Christmas Eve, Bolivian President Evo Morales pardoned 1,800 prisoners held in facilities across the country—part of his ongoing effort to curtail overcrowding in the Andean nation’s penal system. “The present decree’s aim is to give amnesty and total or partial pardons to people who have been deprived of their liberty,” Morales told a news conference in the central region of Cochabamba. Those pardoned include
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