PJ O’Rourke joked in his book ‘Holidays in Hell’ that a certain hotel in Albania was highly rated by journalists for the fact that the cocaine on sale in its nightclub was no better or worse than in London or New York, and that the reception staff were amenable to disguising bar tabs as laundry [...]
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Pichikatero journalism
Posted in coca, UK press, tagged narco on August 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Jimmy Carter, cocalero
Posted in coca, USA on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to Los Tiempos, former US president Jimmy Carter has declared himself to be proud of his friendship with Evo Morales and is looking forward to coming back to Bolivia in December for the elections…and the coca harvest. Carter invited Evo to come and harvest peanuts on his farm in Georgia, see, so Evo has [...]
Evo in the New York Times
Posted in coca on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here. (copied and pasted) Let Me Chew My Coca Leaves By EVO MORALES AYMA Published: March 13, 2009 THIS week in Vienna, a meeting of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs took place that will help shape international antidrug efforts for the next 10 years. I attended the meeting to reaffirm Bolivia’s commitment to [...]