Bolivia’s Chapare: Where Organized Crime, Political Power, and State Authority Converge

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–Researched and Written by Valeria Villa—

Issue Jul 01-31 2026: The Chapare, a coca-growing region located in the department of Cochabamba, Bolivia, lies at the center of a longstanding debate over the boundaries between the traditional cultivation of coca leaves and the diversion of part of the production into drug trafficking networks. The region has been identified by national and international authorities as a key hub for cocaine production and trafficking.

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