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Caribbean-Latin America
Bolivia seeks coca legalization, path to the sea
2006-09-15
Landlocked nations, generally the poorest of the world's poor countries, turned to each other at the Nonaligned Movement summit for ideas on how to lessen dependence on their neighbors. President Evo Morales of Bolivia, which lost its coastline in a 19th century war, expressed optimism Thursday that his nation will regain access to the Pacific thanks to improving relations with Chile. "We're convinced that we'll get it through our bilateral relations," Morales said. "We're two neighboring countries that can't be in eternal enmity."

Morales, a leftist elected as Bolivia's first Indian president in December, has something else on his summit wishlist: his campaign to legalize coca leaf, a move he says could reduce poverty in South American's poorest nation.
Posted by:Fred

#7  We should confiscate all their cocaine. I'll see to it's destruction.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-09-15 22:06  

#6  We should surreptitiously insert a more powerful strain and get the entire country hooked, they won't be able to do anything......

Wait - that was a ST:TNG ep.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-09-15 10:48  

#5  Coca leaf is grown all over the jungle regions of Bolivia. Natives chew small amounts as a mild stimulant. Mate de Coca Tea is sold in all the large restaurants in Bolivia and Peru, and is still sold in Europe and North America. Cocaine production requires mass quantities. I haven't been to Bolivia for over 2 decades, but I doubt that Coca Leaf production has ever been diminished by law.
Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550   2006-09-15 06:52  

#4  ..I was waiting for the 'path-to-the-sea' moves to start - Jim Dunnigan in one of his books some years back said that as soon as things get bad in Bolivia, the leadership always wheels this out.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2006-09-15 06:24  

#3  Far out, man, a real nose bleed
Posted by: Captain America   2006-09-15 02:41  

#2  Legalizing coca is nothing to sniff at.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-15 01:30  

#1  Hell that first war was a fluke loss, take on Chile and half of South America again.
Posted by: 6   2006-09-15 00:42  

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