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Coca growers face off with Bolivian police as market dispute escalates

AFP, 10 Aug 2022
Riot police in Bolivia's La Paz fire tear gas to repel a crowd of coca farmers detonating dynamite in an attempt to shut down a parallel market for the plant. Members of the Association of Coca Producers (Adepcoca) say the market is illegal and claim that it enjoys government support, in a dispute over control of the coveted commercialization of the plant.

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