Coca+Eradication

 harmless narcotic effects the plant offers when ingested. Not until the United States got involved did coca farming families have to deal with inhumane abuse. The families rely on the plants’ yields to make ends meet. The U.S. funded Bolivian soldiers to burn all growing operations and confiscate coca plant yields. Interactions between farmers and soldiers became violent and ended in the deaths of several defenseless, innocent people.**
 * Coca plant growth in Bolivia was never a concern, as it grew wild in abundance, and many enjoyed the

By: Jazmynn Hill