It’s been a while since I posted any news from the Andes so here’re some headlines:
The ILAP (Peruvian Amazon Research Institute) will open an office in Loreto to thwart coca-growing operations promoted by Columbian traffickers. Coca leaf production has increased in Loreto with the recent collapse in the region’s lumber industry.
The world Bank’s Board of [...]
Here is a video and some information from Radio Nederland regarding Morales at the UN conference on narcotics, speaking about coca. After living in Amsterdam for the past 3+ years, I never knew that Radio Nederland has so much Spanish-language material and programs.
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En ese país se permite consumir la hoja, pero no comprarla. A raíz de eso los bolivianos y quienes la consumen generan un comercio que no es legal. En los mercados se la encuentra con el nombre de “hoja de laurel”.
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