Comments on: Peru and Coca http://enperublog.com/2007/04/19/peru-and-coca/ All you could ever want to know about Peru Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:03:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: » Lima ready for APEC leader’s conference …en Perú - Travel Culture History News http://enperublog.com/2007/04/19/peru-and-coca/comment-page-1/#comment-2489 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:54:49 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=574#comment-2489 […] resurgent Shining Path, Maoist drug traffickers and genocidal mass-murderers, killed 3 police officers as they travelled along a road near the town […]

]]> By: Stuart Starrs http://enperublog.com/2007/04/19/peru-and-coca/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:55:31 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=574#comment-332 Humala recently advocated giving $250m to illegal coca farmers by buying their entire supply of coca for 1 year, so that for that year and the 2 more the money would cover they could find alternate means of survival.

I don’t think giving criminals, no matter how desperate, millions of dollars would go down well with most people, not that the State would effectively be buying $250m of votes for Humala. There are plenty of non-illegal non-coca growers that would like and need millions of dollars too.

]]> By: Giancarlo http://enperublog.com/2007/04/19/peru-and-coca/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:55:21 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=574#comment-331 Great summary.
This is not an easy problem to solve. Yes, you can send planes and bomb all those coca plantations. And you can also send the military to go and kill everybody in jail (Ops! I think Gracia and Fujimori did something like that some when!), but that’s not going to solve the problem (neither the coca, nor the delinquency one).
Of course, you can’t either tell the world “we are poor, so we’re going to let coca producers do their thing…”
I hope people on charge will find a better solution, one that eradicates illegal coca plantations, without “eradicating” the farmers.

]]> By: » United Nations demands Peru abandon culture and traditions …en Perú - Travel Culture History News http://enperublog.com/2007/04/19/peru-and-coca/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:11:06 +0000 http://enperublog.com/?p=574#comment-142 […] has been cracking down on illegal coca production in a big way recently, putting a lot of effort into reducing cocaine […]

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