Word: bolivia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...foreign governments that have so far been notably reluctant to act against local drug producers without stronger indications that the U.S. will do something to stem the burgeoning demand of its drug users. The Administration intends as well to provide military support, like the troops and helicopters sent to Bolivia last month. "Operation Blast Furnace" was ridiculed for failing to catch any drug producers, but last week U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia Edward Rowell claimed that the raids achieved a "dramatic impact" on Bolivian cocaine production by shutting down six major labs with a combined production capacity of five tons...
...joint U.S.-Bolivian drug raids uncovered no big stashes of cocaine, but the landing of American troops apparently panicked traders in Bolivia's volatile coca market. In a price crash, bundles of coca leaves last week brought just $20 apiece; a bundle fetched $700 two years...
...Washington, Bolivia's Ambassador to the U.S., Fernando Illanes, said he hoped the U.S. could provide a quick $100 million loan to compensate for lost cocaine income. A more likely prospect is U.S. release of about $9 million in aid to Bolivia...
...house is on fire," said Actor Ossie Davis at a rally in Harlem. "Those of us who care have to ring the alarm bell." While calling for greater community action, organizers of the campaign mocked the Federal Government's efforts to stop drug trafficking, including the raids in Bolivia. "I'll never understand why, if they're serious about a drug bust, they decide to announce it to the world a week before they make it," said Comedian and Liberal Activist Dick Gregory. "And then they're surprised when they can't find any of the people they're looking...
...next day Trinidad Mayor Pedro Alvarez was summoned to the local Bolivian air force base for some unsettling news. The gringos are coming, he was informed; the base would need another well. Since that day, the tranquil cattle-farming community of Trinidad (pop. 40,000), capital of Bolivia's northeastern Beni region, has not been the same. "Our humble town," complains Alvarez, "is becoming internationally known as a cocaine center." Trinidad has, willy- nilly, become home to the U.S. 193rd Infantry Brigade. Transported from Panama two weeks ago, the G.I.s are embarked on an earnest mission: to help the Bolivian...