By Gabriel Romano La Paz, Sep 20 (EFE).- Alison Spedding, an anthropologist and fantasy author from the United Kingdom who has spent the last three decades growing coca in Bolivia, is deeply involved in the struggle for control of the association representing growers in La Paz province, Adepcoca. Known as “the doctor” for her PhD …
By Gabriel Romano La Paz, Sep 19 (EFE).- The two factions of Bolivian coca growers clashed in downtown La Paz on Monday, throwing stones and dynamite, before being dispersed by police using tear gas. On one side, there was the bloc of Arnold Alanes, who represents the sector of the so-called parallel market. He called …
La Paz, Sep 12 (EFE).- Producers sold coca leaves on Monday at the door of La Paz’s so-called parallel market, which was destroyed last week, demanding that the Bolivian government declare their property as the “only” one legal for this activity, and announced marches to demand justice. On Monday morning, coca growers from the Arnold …
La Paz, Sep 8 (EFE).- A power struggle within the association representing coca growers in Bolivia’s La Paz province erupted into open violence Thursday as one of the rival factions attacked and set fire to a market in La Paz. Members of a group within the Adepcoca association entered La Paz city on Thursday after …