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Latin
America:
As
Venezuela
and
Bolivia
Draw
Nearer,
Chavez
Ponies
Up
$1
Million
for
Coca
Factories,
Research
6/2/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/438/venezuelacoca.shtml
It's a trio that gives the
Bush administration nightmares, and they were all together in Bolivia last
weekend. Bolivian President Evo Morales hosted Cuban Vice President
Carlos Lage and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in what he called an "axis
of good" during a visit to Bolivia's coca-growing Chapare region, and Chavez
announced he would support Morales' call to legalize and industrialize
the coca leaf by providing $1 million in funding for research into coca's
uses and factories to turn it into coca flour or tea.
The weekend meeting came
as tensions are increasing between Washington and Bolivia and Venezuela.
Among the Morales policies the administration clearly doesn't like is his
determination to expand his country's coca industry and win legal status
for the plant long sacred in the Andes. While Morales has vowed to
fight cocaine trafficking, he is also seeking voluntary -- not forced --
limits on coca production, a move that makes the US uneasy as Bolivian
coca production continues to rise.
Ironically, Morales and his
guests flew into the region at the US-built Chimore air base, once a hangout
of US DEA agents attempting to enforce the "zero coca" policies their government
imposed on Bolivia. Upon his arrival, Morales gave thanks "to the
government of the United States for building that airport," although he
added that the effort had led to conflict and loss of life. "From
those days of sadness, we come to a day of celebration," Morales said.
"Before the governments made us weep with their repression and now we weep
with joy."
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Issue #438
-- 6/2/06
Editorial:
We
Should
Have
Such
Problems
|
Book
Offer:
Burning
Rainbow
Farm:
How
a
Stoner
Utopia
Went
up
in
Smoke
|
Feature:
Salvia
Under
Siege
--
Movement
to
Ban
Herbal
Hallucinogen
Gains
Momentum
in
Statehouses
|
Feature:
SSDP,
ACLU
Seek
Permanent
Injunction
in
HEA
Lawsuit,
Education
Department
Moves
to
Dismiss
|
Feature:
Drug
Reformers
Take
the
Third
Party
Path
in
Bids
for
Statewide
Office
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Declined
for
Past
Five
Years
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Medical
Marijuana:
South
Dakota
Initiative
Makes
the
November
Ballot
|
Harm
Reduction:
ACLU
Wins
Victory
in
Connecticut
Needle
Exchange
Case
|
Latin
America:
Mexican
Leftist
Candidate
Calls
for
More
Army
in
Drug
War
|
Latin
America:
US
Drug
War
Ally
Reelected
in
Colombia,
But
Leftist
Legalization
Advocate
Places
Second
|
Latin
America:
As
Venezuela
and
Bolivia
Draw
Nearer,
Chavez
Ponies
Up
$1
Million
for
Coca
Factories,
Research
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Europe:
Dutch
Mayor
to
Move
Coffee
Shops
to
Belgian
Border
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