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La Hoja
By: festival@artsengine.net
Posted: Jun 17 09
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Regions: Bolivia
Issues: Drugs & human rights, Indigenous peoples
Tags: aymara, coca farming, Cocaine, Evo Morales, Media That Matters, Plan Colombia, war on drugs
The United States' war on drugs challenges Bolivian traditions with broad and damaging results.
[This Film is part of the Media That Matters Online Film Festival. For more information, go here.]
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