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Bolivian coca cultivation jumped by 10% in 2019, UN says

by Associated Press
| July 29, 2020 1:30 PM

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Coca cultivation jumped 10% in Bolivia in 2019, the final year of President Evo Morales' government, partly because of reduced eradication efforts amid rising social and political conflicts, a U.N. agency said Wednesday.

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