Bolivia begins to eradicate coca

The Bolivian Government expects to reach the net eradication of surplus coca plantations in 2012 for which must destroy more than 10,000 hectares during the current administration, reported yesterday Monday the Deputy Minister of Social Defense, Felipe Caceres.

"Our challenge for the present management is to reach a net eradication in the coming months, with the assistance of our armed forces" in support of the police, said Caceres at the start of the tasks of extermination of illegal coca fields in the village of Chimoré, Centre of the country and producing area of the leaf, raw material for the production of cocaine.

Historical quantity
to achieve this Bolivia "exceed the historical number of last year which was 10,509 hectares eradicated", said Caceres.

According to the Bolivia United Nations is the third largest producer of coca in the world, after Peru and Colombia, with 31,000 hectares.

Cáceres announced u000ain the next few days is also tightly a trilateral agreement United States - Brazil-Bolivia by a pilot project to control surplus coca crops, whose signature was postponed on several occasions and for various reasons, from April 2011.

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