Hybrid coca varieties and increased resistance to herbicides are factors in the spike of Colombian coca growth, according to the report. Despite setbacks in recent years to Colombian guerillas, the chief of
Other South American countries did not fare too well in the UNODC report; coca growth in Bolivia and Peru grew by 5% and 4%, respectively.
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Sources- Bloomberg, Reuters, BBC News, The Latin Americanist, Al Jazeera
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