Colombia: Political, Social Vacuum Fuels Drug Trade. / Maria Isabel Garcia.
by Garcia, Maria Isabel; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 61Health. Publisher: Inter Press Service, 2002ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Coca industry -- South America | Cocaine industry -- Colombia | Drug traffic -- Colombia | Narcotics -- Control of -- Colombia | Colombia -- Politics and government | Colombia -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Land planted with coca in Colombia expanded from 37,000 to 163,000 hectares over the past decade, fuelled by the total absence of law enforcement in vast areas controlled by insurgent groups, rampant corruption, and a decay of the social fabric, say experts. According to the government Plante Program, 'the area cultivated in coca grew by a rate of 18 percent a year,' from 5,000 hectares in 1980 to 145,000 in 2001." (INTER PRESS SERVICE) This article explains why cocaine production is concentrated in Colombia.
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Originally Published: Colombia: Political, Social Vacuum Fuels Drug Trade, July 4, 2002; pp. n.p..
"Land planted with coca in Colombia expanded from 37,000 to 163,000 hectares over the past decade, fuelled by the total absence of law enforcement in vast areas controlled by insurgent groups, rampant corruption, and a decay of the social fabric, say experts. According to the government Plante Program, 'the area cultivated in coca grew by a rate of 18 percent a year,' from 5,000 hectares in 1980 to 145,000 in 2001." (INTER PRESS SERVICE) This article explains why cocaine production is concentrated in Colombia.
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