31. Most farmers in the town earn money growing coca, the plant used to make cocaine. 32. Production of coca, the plant from which cocaine is made, is increasing. 33. Taxes on coca, the raw material for making cocaine, are the main source of rebel revenue in the region. 34. The area has seen an explosive growth in recent years in illegal plantations of coca, the plant used to make cocaine. 35. Tens of thousands of peasants in Putumayo and other parts of Colombia make a living from coca, the plant used to make cocaine. 36. The leaders signed three agreements, including an offer of Spanish aid to help Peru cut production of coca leaf, which is used to make cocaine. 37. The paramilitary force has cut into rebel profits by buying coca paste -- the coca derivative used to make cocaine -- from farmers at better prices than the rebels. 38. The protesters came from the countryside where coca, the crop used to make cocaine, is grown. 39. The region is a major arms-trafficking corridor, and also is replete with illegal plantations of coca, the plant used to make cocaine. 40. They also will try to cultivate resistance to a planned military push into Amazonian jungles where peasants grow coca, the plant used to make cocaine. |