Cocaine is becoming quite a big problem in Peru (the world's no. 2 supplier), and it is closely linked to the Shining Path, so I thought it was relevant to this blog & the project.Cocaine is bad news for Peru, and for reasons very different from why it's bad news in the United States. In neighboring Colombia, cocaine pays for the violent guerilla wars and that's something El Presidente Alan Garcia doesn't want to see happen in his country (and understandably so). Basically, the Shining Path is making their money off of drug trafficking to other South American countries & Europe. With $50 million from Uncle Sam, Garcia & Co. are attempting to destroy drug labs to prevent funding to the Shining Path, but it's sort of like Sisyphus--as long as there's demand, there will be a supply and the recent disarray in Colombia has given the Shining Path & others a great entre into the drug market.
If you want to learn more, read this article.
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