Coca leaf – The Anglo-Bolivian Society

To Lead by Obeying: Authoritarianism in Bolivia’s Coca Growers’ Unions

Dr Thomas Grisaffi will talk about the relation between the ruling MAS and the Chapare coca growers’ unions.

¿En defensa de la hoja de coca? The anti-drugs policies of Evo Morales and the Movimiento al Socialismo

Stacey Dunlea Postgraduate Researcher University of Sheffield Joint presentation with the Institute of Latin American Studies Friday 9 May at 18:00 for18:30 This paper explores recent developments relating to coca leaf cultivation and cocaine production in Bolivia, and in particular counter-narcotics measures under the MAS administration. The 2005 election of the Movimiento al Socialismo’s Evo Morales,Continue reading “¿En defensa de la hoja de coca? The anti-drugs policies of Evo Morales and the Movimiento al Socialismo”