In Ohio, one man’s quest to get more voters to agree to disagree Add to this the fact that Bolivia also produces its own cocaine and you have a plethora of criminal opportunities. Even the domestic drug markets in Chile and Peru are growing.īolivia is now literally at the heart of South America's illegal narcotics trade. Meanwhile, Argentina is experiencing ballooning domestic drug consumption, particularly of "basuco" or "paco," a form of crack cocaine which can be produced in Bolivia. Bolivia also borders the world's principal producer of cocaine, Peru, and South America's primary producer of marijuana, Paraguay. Mexico's dominance in the regional drug trade owes much to its position alongside the world's largest drug consumer, as well as its ability to produce drugs like heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine.īolivia now sits alongside the second biggest consumer of illegal drugs in the world: Brazil. This new criminal dynamic centers on the changing patterns of drug consumption in the region. Bolivia currently provides both and finds itself at the heart of a new criminal dynamic that threatens national and citizen security in this landlocked Andean nation. Transnational organized crime likes opportunities and little resistance. The views expressed are the author's own.
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