This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associates Adam Kott and David Rosenblum Felson April 29th, 2009 Andean leaders engage in radical measures to redistribute large, often unproductive agricultural holdings Bolivia risks witnessing a violent class war in the cause of indigenous rights Chávez seeks to utilize land that historically has been underutilized in an [...]
Published by Bolivia Rising April 28, 2009 BUENOS AIRES (AFP)–Bolivian President Evo Morales and Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo signed a historic accord here Monday, ending a boundary dispute that led to a catastrophic war in the last century. In a solemn ceremony chaired by Argentine leader Cristina Kirchner, both presidents agreed that the dispute over [...]
Published by Bolivia Rising April 25, 2009 Submission by Republic of Bolivia to the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the [UN Framework Convention on Climate Change] (AWG-LCA) “We call on developed countries to commit to deep emission reductions in order to advance the objective of avoiding dangerous anthropogenic interference with the [...]
Legal Options for the Coca Leaf Drugs & Conflict Debate Paper 13 Published by Transnational Institute May 2006 Versión en castellano A simple leaf of an ancient plant will feature prominently on the international agenda this year. As international relations and specialised mechanisms for managing the international drugs trade have evolved, a decade-old demand to [...]
Published by Transnational Institute TNI Press Release, 5 March 2008 The Transnational Institute condemns the decision by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) in their 2007 annual report released today, which calls on countries to ‘abolish or prohibit coca leaf chewing and the manufacture of coca tea’. The Transnational Institute condemns the decision by the [...]
Published by WOLA February 6, 2004 When an opposition movement supported by the coca grower’s political party forced the resignation of Bolivia’s President Sánchez de Lozada in October 2003, it was fueled in part by long-standing resentment against the U.S. war on drugs. Download here
Published by WOLA June 1, 2006 A brief analyzing the “coca yes, cocaine no” approach of the Morales administration’s drug control policy and the U.S response. Download here
Published by WOLA April 27, 2007 Update on Drug Policy issues in BoliviaWOLA and the Andean Information Network (AIN) provide a November 2006 update on counternarcotics policy in Bolivia. Download here
Published by WOLAMay 23, 2007 ONDCP Reports No Increase in Coca Cultivation in Bolivia in 2006On April 25, 2007, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released U.S. estimates of coca cultivation and cocaine production in Bolivia for 2006. Coming in the wake of numerous U.S. references to rising coca cultivation in Bolivia, it [...]
Published by WOLA June 11, 2007 The latest ONDCP data on coca cultivation in the Andes makes one thing clear: there is plenty of coca. Overall Andean coca cultivation in 2006 may have reached its highest level in 20 years. The high coca cultivation levels, especially in Colombia, indicate continued robust cocaine supplies and provide [...]
Published by WOLA May 23, 2008 Polarization or Common Ground?In March 2008, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB, a United Nations agency) provoked outrage in Bolivia by calling for the elimination of traditional uses of coca, such as chewing coca leaves and drinking coca tea. Download here
Published by WOLA May 23, 2008 Bolivian President Evo Morales’s “coca yes, cocaine no” policy, which seeks to make a clear distinction between coca and cocaine, is now in its third year. Download here
Published by WOLA February 18, 2009 Approximately 50 producers of coca leaves, cannabis and opium poppy from Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa and Asia and more than 20 experts and NGO representatives gathered at this first world forum in Barcelona, Spain from January 29 to 31, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain. Organized by CERAI, in [...]
Bolivian President Evo Morales on WBAI Wed. 4/22/09 Mother Earth Day address on WBAI 99.5 FM NYC Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma will visit the United Nations in New York City on Wednesday, April 22, and will deliver a historic speech in Harlem. There are tickets available for the event in advance, and the speech [...]
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By The Fault seismic politics, earth-shattering economics and volcanic commentary April 8th, 2009 21:49 “Bolivia’s government believes that a renewed demand for lithium, a metal used to make batteries, could play a crucial role in lifting the country out of poverty. Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports from the Salar de Uyuni region, where half the [...]
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