Today's Press Briefing October 5, 2000 Bolivia Makes Secret Offer to Coca Growers: 400 Sqare Meters Per Family Growers Demand Double, Blockades Rage On State Makes New Ultimatum to Social Forces A Narco News October 4 Commentary Predicted: "Read between the lines of the US and Bolivian government statements. The only way they can end the unrest is to allow peasant families to grow a small amount of coca per family. As US officials micro-manage the situation from afar.. they are finessing the bottom line: coca growing may be decriminalized for small scale producers. In other words, harm reduction in Bolivia. And yet the governments, rather than trumpet such a move as progress, will instead go to all lengths to claim it didn't happen. This, of course, is only one possible outcome of these earthshaking events...." What we predicted on Tuesday became a governmental offer on Wednesday. According to the daily La Razon in La Paz, State negotiators contacted coca-grower leaders by telephone to make the behind the scenes offer. Here is the report from La Razon today, and other fast-breaking news from Bolivia.... http://www.narconews.com/pressbriefing.html History in the balance over 1,874 hectares of coca plants... Developing... Al Giordano Publisher The Narco News Bulletin http://www.narconews.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
