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...hurts the to enough, a deal will be made. In meantime, farm workers in the state suffering from clear injustices Chavez has pointed out, the awesome gamble, one that likely should not have been made, and one the workers can not afford to lose of the May harvest, don't buy grapes...
...worldwide production of marijuana declined last year by more than 10%, thanks in large part to the war against drugs in Colombia, the leading exporter of marijuana to the U.S. Worldwide production of opium, the base for heroin, slipped by a similar amount, mainly because of a poor poppy harvest in Afghanistan...
...drink coffee. Indeed, most Bolivians, including President Hernan Siles Zuazo, routinely offer visitors coca tea. This is all quite legal because there is no law in Bolivia that prohibits either the cultivation or the marketing of coca. From the law-abiding family that earns $200 for a year's harvest of coca leaves to the young mother who receives $70 for carrying 40 lbs. of paste to a middleman, many Bolivians rely on coca to make the difference between subsistence and poverty. The government, saddled with an annual inflation rate that runs close to 3000% and a crippling foreign debt...
...intended to deflect further U.S. criticism of its attacks on Khmer resistance camps in neighboring Kampuchea. Laos' accommodating attitude may be in response to recent U.S. overtures, including an American shipment in December of 5,000 tons of rice to alleviate the effects of a poor Laotian harvest. But no major breakthrough of the M.I.A. problem in Laos or Viet Nam seems near. "The timing has made everyone open their eyes," says one U.S. official in Bangkok. "But nothing has happened that hasn't been in the works for a long time...
Crop Loans. These are the basic price-support mechanism. After harvest, the Government lends a farmer money on his unsold crop at a rate set by the Agriculture Department under guidelines established by Congress. If the farmer can sell the crop for more money, he does, repays the loan and pockets the difference. But if market prices are low, the farmer keeps the loan money and the Government takes over the crop. The produce must be stored until it can be sold for more than the loan rate--which could be never...