1.   Peruvian authorities maintain that the Maoist Shining Path protects coca producers in the Upper Huallaga Valley.

2.   Peruvian authorities say the Maoist Shining Path protects coca producers in the Upper Huallaga Valley.

3.   Peruvian authorities say the Maoist Shining Path provides protection for coca producers in the region.

4.   Bolivia, a major coca producer, has lost favor in Washington because crop eradication has dropped drastically over the past four years, officials said.

5.   Bolivia brushed aside threats of strikes and blockades by coca leaf producers and pledged Monday to continue destroying the plantations used to make cocaine.

6.   Coca producers say they will start a hunger strike if their demands, including the removal of soldiers from the coca producing region of Chapare, are not met.

7.   Confrontations between soldiers trying to lift roadblocks and protesting coca producers, farmers and teachers left five others dead this week.

8.   De Francisco defended the fumigation strategy, saying it was preventing far greater environmental damage caused by the coca producers.