Coca Politics in Bolivia

See this article from 29 June 2022: Gobierno crea la empresa de industrialización de la hoja de coca con un capital de Bs 62,3 millones.

Allison Spedding has written a  book about the relationship between MAS, the Movemiento A Socialismo party of Evo Morales et al, and the cocaleros of the Yungas regions of La Paz. Apparently all is not well with Evo's party. See Coca Politics in Bolivia: Coca farmers protest against new markets and More Details on Bolivian Coca Politics.

Allison Spedding in jail in Bolivia 26 Oct 1998, caught in posession of 20 Kg of marijuana.:

This is from 14 February 2020:

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From September 25, 2021: Productores de coca en disputa


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On Allison Spedding and Michael Hollingshead:

Here's Vanessa Hollingshead tallking about her early life with her father.

Here's an LA Review of Books piece about the book Divine Rascal by Andy Roberts: Psychedelic Pioneer and Confidence Man.

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