Protest of Coca Crop Eradication Ends
From Times Wire Reports
Security forces in Bolivia began the peaceful removal of roadblocks on the Andean nation’s main highway after the government and coca growers ended a 27-day standoff that cut off the movement of people and food in a dispute over eradicating coca, the raw material of cocaine. The Bolivian government offered $80 million to encourage farmers to grow pineapples and bananas instead of the lucrative coca leaves.
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