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Bolivia
A country with a historical record of political upheaval, the current presidency of Evo Morales has instilled a measure of stability since 2006, but placed the country at odds with the United States over counternarcotics strategy.
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Aircraft Theft Across Latin America Continues to Fuel Drug Trade
NEWS
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22 SEP 2021
A heist of Brazilian planes that were later discovered in Bolivia has offered a unique look into how drug planes are procured in the region.
Pablo Escobar
COLOMBIA
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30 AUG 2021
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was the pioneer in industrial-scale cocaine trafficking.
US Coast Guard Makes Record Drug Haul in Pacific, Caribbean
NEWS
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13 AUG 2021
The US Coast Guard unloaded 27 tons of cocaine after a three-month operation in the Pacific and Caribbean, a massive haul that underscores maritime drug flows and cocaine production remain…
Bolivia Profile
One of Latin America's most impoverished nations, Bolivia is the world's third largest producer of coca after Colombia and Peru, and a key transit point for drugs. In addition to serving as an air bridge for Peruvian cocaine, Bolivia is home to foreign criminal organizations, particularly Colombian groups.
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ARGENTINA
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11 AUG 2021
Authorities in Argentina are seizing bumper crops of coca leaves coming over the country's northwest border with Bolivia, causing the price of the leaves - likely intended for chewing as…
BOLIVIA
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22 JUL 2021
A recent clash between soldiers and smugglers has pointed to how Bolivia’s trade in contraband has reached a flashpoint.
BOLIVIA
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28 MAY 2021
Bolivia's controversial former interior minister and his chief of staff have both been arrested in the United States on charges that they secured a multimillion-dollar contract for a group of…
BOLIVIA
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14 MAY 2021
The extradition of a prominent Bolivian drug trafficker to Brazil has shed rare light on how family clans in the Andean nation serve as important cocaine suppliers to powerful organized…
BOLIVIA
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13 MAY 2021
Smuggling networks are feeding illegal mining operations across the Amazon Basin with mercury, despite global efforts to clamp down on the use of the substance.
BOLIVIA
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23 APR 2021
The arrest of an acting government minister in Bolivia has reinforced how land trafficking in the nation is fueled by a strong undercurrent of corruption, time and time again.
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