Visiting Fellow, University of Reading
Linda Farthing is a journalist and researcher who has written extensively on coca. She is co-author of three books on Bolivia and has written for the Guardian, the Economist, Latino USA, Al Jazeera, and the Nation.
Peru's war on drugs is an abject failure – here's what it can learn from Bolivia
Jun 03, 2020 15:24 pm UTC| Economy
When Peruvian government forces began eradicating coca leaf, the raw material for cocaine, without warning in a remote corner of Perus principal coca growing region last November, they were met by growers armed with sticks...
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