Rich-world agricultural subsidies ensure coca leaves are Colombia's only viable cash crop
by Cory Doctorow from on (#2GXVP)
With the shambolic FARC peace deal finally in place, the Colombian government is hoping to shift the country's farmers from Colombia's major cash crop: the coca leaves that are refined into the world's cocaine supply. Perhaps with the guerrillas no longer defending the crops they relied on for operating capital, Colombia can put coca behind it. (more")