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March 6, 2003
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Bolivian peasants become targets in war on drugs
Leonida Zurita Vargas, leader of the National Federation of Women Peasants in Bolivia,ÊÊtalked at Harvard about the coca leaf's importance in Andean traditional culture and the U.S. and Bolivian governments' coca eradication campaign.ÊÊListening intently in the background were (from left) Evren Paclioglu and Indhira Santos, both master's students at the Kennedy School of Government. (Staff photo by Kris Snibbe) Full story |
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HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES
Mozambique cashew case illustrates hazard of imposed solutions
Kennedy School professor examines what went wrong with industry changes
Bolivian peasants suffer in drug war, speaker says
Coca plant's traditional uses make indigenous peasants targets
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