Clashes to come

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Bolivia is eradicating coca bushes as part of a drive to control the cocaine trade. There was also compensation for growers which has ended. The government is taking action against coca paste producers. Growers can receive compensation in the form of measures to help with the production of alternative crops, but they argue that there are not markets for these alternative crops. Growers are becoming more militant, but they lack popular support.

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Doped: Bolivia

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The US is giving $200 million in aid to Bolivia to put an end to the cocaine trade, and the effort is stirring up anti-American sentiments. Other events have angered Bolivians, such as the shooting of an innocent bystander by a drunk official of the Drug Enforcement Agency.

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Under the eye of the police

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The United Nations Drug Control Program is weeding out Bolivia's cocaine industry and teaching coca growers to convert to other agricultural projects. The lucrative nature of the cocaine trade will make conversion to agriculture difficult.

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