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Bolivian Coca Cultivation and the International Cocaine Trade

Alexander Babuta
3 July 2017clockLong Read
coca plantation in Western Bolivia

Farmers working on a coca plantation in Western Bolivia. Courtesy of Neil Palmer/Wikimedia.

Bolivia has increased the national limit for legal coca cultivation from 12,000 to 22,000 hectares. But will increased cultivation fuel the illegal cocaine trade?

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