Security & Strategic Review -May 2007
PERU: García's coca eradication plans hit profitability snag
President Alan García, already facing strong protests against his decision to resume the eradication of coca plantations [SSR-07-04], has received an uncomfortable reminder of the main obstacle to success in this area: the fact that profits from coca growing have been rising astronomically over the past decade, and far outweigh what the farmers might hope to earn from alternative crops.
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