Team members Kathryn Ledebur and Linda Farthing on National Public Radio discussing the fall of Evo Morales in Bolivia. Bolivia is struggling to transition to new elections following the fall…Read More >
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Balas en vez de Dialogo: La Erradicación de la Coca en la Selva Central del Perú
by Kathryn Ledebur & Thomas Grisaffi Originally published by the Andean Information Network El gobierno peruano comenzó la erradicación forzosa de cultivos de hoja de coca, la materia prima para la…Read More >
Massacre in Cochabamba: Anti-Indigenous Violence Escalates as Mass Protests Denounce Coup in Bolivia
Watch Team Member Kathy Ledebur discuss the tragic events in Cochabamba on Democracy Now – link here. In Bolivia, at least 23 people have died amid escalating violence since President…Read More >
Bullets in Lieu of Dialogue: Coca Eradication in Peru’s Central Jungle
by Kathryn Ledebur (Andean Information Network) & Thomas Grisaffi (University of Reading) Originally published by the Andean Information Network Peru’s government began forced eradication of coca crops, the raw material for…Read More >
Coca Yes, Cocaine No: How Bolivia’s Coca Growers Reshaped Democracy.
In Coca Yes, Cocaine No Thomas Grisaffi traces the political ascent and transformation of the Movement toward Socialism (MAS) from an agricultural union of coca growers into Bolivia’s ruling party….Read More >
Drug Policy Reform in Latin America – 2018
By Thomas Grisaffi Article summarising developments relating to drug policy in Latin America in 2018. To access a PDF of this article click here Historically, the USA has dictated the terms…Read More >
From Crisis to Opportunity: Bolivia’s Cooperative Coca Control Strategy
Thomas Grisaffi Summary: On coming to power in 2006 President Morales made a radical break with the US backed anti-drugs strategy, which focused on the forced eradication of coca leaf…Read More >
How Bolivia curbed coca production by moving away from violent crackdowns
By Thomas Grisaffi and Linda Farthing Originally published in the Conversation The US government’s annual report on the drug trade has accused Bolivia once again of failing to do enough to…Read More >
Control Social En Bolivia: Una Alternativa Humana a la Erradicación Forzosa de Cultivos de Coca
Thomas Grisaffi [1] Este articulo presenta un resumen de la política de control de la coca en Bolivia. Dos décadas de erradicación forzada fracasaron rotundamente, generando pobreza y gruesas violaciones…Read More >
Can you get rich from the Bolivian cocaine trade?
Can you get rich from the Bolivian Cocaine Trade? Cocaine Paste Production in the Chapare Thomas Grisaffi Originally published on the Andean Information Network …Read More >
¿Puede usted hacerse rico con el comercio boliviano de cocaína?
Thomas Grisaffi Este artículo apareció originalmente en Red Andina de Información. En octubre de 2013, Mary Anastasia O’Grady escribió en el Wall Street Journal que Bolivia, bajo la presidencia de Evo…Read More >
