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In this issue of the Gran Angular, we inform you of the economic effects of the highway blockades organized by coca cultivators to protest the new coca eradication actions taken by the government.
Unfortunately, other events also had a serious impact on the economy. For instance, the main road linking the departments of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, through the tropics, was shut down, severely impeding services in the region.
We hope the situation will return to normal soon and that the region will remain its usual economic pace. The government and UNDCP are talking with the Bolivian private sector to encourage their increased participation in alternative development.
As we always said, it is time for the private sector to give a boost to development of the Cochabamba tropics.
Our ten-year experience in alternative development has provided the foundations for legal development. We are now looking for new partners to consolidate our work.
We believe in a drug free future for the Cochabamba tropics, and are certain that this reality is beginning to emerge.
Illicit drug trafficking is a complex problem. Money laundering is one of its conspicuous results. In May, the Banking Association of Bolivia and the Ministry of Justice organized a seminar on this subject. The event drew a large audience, and included the participation of several specialists on money laundering.
The importance of drug trafficking is not incidental. In fact, the issue will be a highlight in the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem to be held in New York, next June.
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