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I'm embarrassed about the comments that are mention that this is something is happening "just now" and annoyed about the article giving credit just to the gover
by mariocesar 11y ago
I'm embarrassed about the comments that are mention that this is something is happening "just now" and annoyed about the article giving credit just to the government.
The issue for most Bolivians is simple. Coca is not cocaine, for other is a more complex and is also related with bad economic incentives also a long history of an absent government in poor regions.
In all cases La DEA was always pretentious, bad managed, with several news about prepotency and abuse. However that was not the main case to Bolivians to start despise them, it was about his media message about Coca about being essentially evil that chocks most of us, in the 80` and 90` that was so subtle, sometimes clear. (Our American President say "Coca is cocaine") Months before I saw in newspapers "USA University leads chewing coca to bad digestion in long term consumption" ... This attempts to change a core cultural aspect was the main fuel for all social movements those years, and the current government is just result of one of this movements. The main misunderstanding from foreigners about social and politics in Bolivia is that they "feel" there is just one movement, one thought and that is represented by the current government; people still marches in the street, block avenues, shouts in the media and are not the opposition are indigenous movements that are looking for the same goals that the government but don't agree on the methods.
Anyway, here is a music video with most of the common Bolivian arguments about La DEA and Coca:
> "Don't let DEA see me, because that cause me stress"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAGT5OxrYcE#t=116 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAGT5OxrYcE#t=116