Unboliviable

sadly Bolivia has had a rather turbulent history.. a motley array of military dictators in power, and either getting beat up by its neighbours (it has warred with every neighbouring country at some point in history) and losing valuable lands or having the DEA getting involved because of the coca leaf production.. there are t-shirts you can buy that claim that the leaf of the coca plant is not a drug.. which in fact is true as the coca leaf has been fixture of the native traditions and everyday life since well before the Inca times.. sadly thought it is a huge cash crop for the poor peasants who grow it and then the leaves are shipped to colombia to be turned into cocaine.. 50% of which ends up in the USA. it takes over 200kgs of leaves to make 1kg of raw cocaine so you can imagine that growing coca leaves is a major sorce of income for the peasants.. as well as a part of their traditional lifestyle. sadly the war on drugs has had a big effect on the Bolivian economy despite the US having the best intentions..