Comments on: Coca’s Continual Comeback: This Time, Peru http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/cocas_continual_comeback_this_time_peru/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:37:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Peace Like A River http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/cocas_continual_comeback_this_time_peru/comment-page-1/#comment-309612 Peace Like A River Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:07:49 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/03/cocas_continual_comeback_this_time_peru/#comment-309612 <strong>Cables, dispatches and memoranda...</strong> Cables, dispatches and memoranda for 3/24/2008...... Cables, dispatches and memoranda...

Cables, dispatches and memoranda for 3/24/2008......

]]> By: Grewgills http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/cocas_continual_comeback_this_time_peru/comment-page-1/#comment-309464 Grewgills Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:46:40 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/03/cocas_continual_comeback_this_time_peru/#comment-309464 <blockquote>The new twist (although not as new as the story makes it out to be) is that instead of large drug organization like the Medellin or Cali cartels being the main managerial components of the trade, there are now a large number of small, basically independent operators who much be combated.</blockquote> This is and has been the 'new' and more capitalist mode of operation in Columbia and elsewhere. In addition to more, smaller operators; the new operations are more specialized. The people who cultivate the coca leaf, process it to coca paste, to cocaine base, to cocaine hydrochloride, move it, and provide protection often operate independently. The people of Bolivia, Columbia, and Peru need viable economic opportunities other than coca or any drop in production will be temporary.

The new twist (although not as new as the story makes it out to be) is that instead of large drug organization like the Medellin or Cali cartels being the main managerial components of the trade, there are now a large number of small, basically independent operators who much be combated.

This is and has been the 'new' and more capitalist mode of operation in Columbia and elsewhere. In addition to more, smaller operators; the new operations are more specialized. The people who cultivate the coca leaf, process it to coca paste, to cocaine base, to cocaine hydrochloride, move it, and provide protection often operate independently.

The people of Bolivia, Columbia, and Peru need viable economic opportunities other than coca or any drop in production will be temporary.

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