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Weekly Report - 27 July 2017 (WR-17-29)
BOLIVIA: Morales back on the defensive over coca
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Unodc) last week released its latest Coca Crop Monitoring Survey on Bolivia which showed that, after five years of continuous reduction (2011-2015), last year coca bush cultivation was up by 14%. The figures are a setback for President Evo Morales, whose government pursues a drugs policy of ‘Coca Sí, Cocaína No’ (distinguishing between the raw coca leaf, an important symbol of indigenous culture, and cocaine, the illegal narcotic).
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