1. But as more and more farmers grew coca instead of food, coca leaf prices fell and the cost of food they had to buy soared. 2. But as more and more farmers grew coca instead of food, prices for coca leaf dropped, and the cost of the food they had to buy soared. 3. But as more and more farmers grew coca instead of food, prices for coca leaf dropped, and the cost of food they had to buy soared. 4. But the guerrillas used their new dominion to store arms, plan military offensives and grow coca. 5. But what about those who grow coca on their own land, the congressman asked. 6. Even the government concedes that the territory has been used to stage attacks elsewhere, hide kidnap victims and grow coca. 7. He also wants to establish alternative crop programs for peasant farmers who currently grow coca. 8. Long before the first Spanish conquistador appeared searching for gold, the indigenous people of the Andes were already growing coca. 9. Many families displaced by the upheaval have drifted to remote frontiers and grow coca where the lack of roads is not a problem. 10. The FARC has used the sanctuary to train troops, stash kidnapping victims and grow coca, the raw material for cocaine. |