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Coca in Bolivia


Over the last two governments held by Evo Morales in Bolivia, the issue on Coca has been a crucial one, the president who was a mayor Coca syndicalist has tried to change the bad image and reputation of the leaf that has been cultivated long before the Inca Empire. No matter how big the efforts on producing medicinal products, cosmetics amongst others and to control the production of coca leaf for consumption, still a 30-40% of the national production goes to cocaine production and trafficking .

Coroico -at the gate to the Beni district- has a tradition (from slavery times) of fine Coca production, it’s conveniently located a couple of hours from La Paz, were most of the cocaine labs are and were it’s distributed as well.
The few detractors of Evo argue that the government’s plans are being financed with drug money. The drug leaders, also linked to the government, are gaining more and more power leading to huge corruption which directly affects the people who try to make a living and who struggle daily in one of Latin Americas worst living standard countries.

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Mrs. Ana, a harvester takes a rest on her land. She has paid the education of all of her 5 children (one doctor, two engeneers, a social assistant and one still in highschool) with the money of Coca.

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Mrs. Ana, a harvester takes a rest on her land. She has paid the education of all of her 5 children (one doctor, two engeneers, a social assistant and one still in highschool) with the money of Coca.

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A farmer works on the Coca plantations. Unofficial sources state that more than 40% of the coca that's produced in Bolivia goes to drug trafficking. ×
A farmer works on the Coca plantations. Unofficial sources state that more than 40% of the coca that's produced in Bolivia goes to drug trafficking. ×
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Two traffickers walk to the jungle where the base paste will be made. After that it will be taken to El Alto to a lab to be processed and turned into cocaine. ×
Two traffickers walk to the jungle where the base paste will be made. After that it will be taken to El Alto to a lab to be processed and turned into cocaine. ×
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A drug dealer extracts all the juice of the mix of coca leafs, kerosene, water and a number of acids and lime to be filtered to obtain base paste. ×
A drug dealer extracts all the juice of the mix of coca leafs, kerosene, water and a number of acids and lime to be filtered to obtain base paste. ×
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A drug addict who used to be a doctor and who joined the anti narcotics police a long time ago smokes crack on his pipe near a park in La Paz ×
A drug addict who used to be a doctor and who joined the anti narcotics police a long time ago smokes crack on his pipe near a park in La Paz ×
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50 grams of cocaine ready to be packed and sent over to Europe. ×
50 grams of cocaine ready to be packed and sent over to Europe. ×
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