tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26488480.post4477690015125041349..comments2023-10-26T20:55:55.495-07:00Comments on Security in Latin America: Coca in BrazilSamuel Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14459740576660047892noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26488480.post-6523193742676093362008-04-01T14:56:00.000-07:002008-04-01T14:56:00.000-07:00Sebastian, the local reports came from Brazilian F...Sebastian, the local reports came from Brazilian Federal Police reports I obtained from a daily newspaper out of Manaus. <BR/><BR/>Growing at low altitudes was perhaps not as specific as I should have been, as low altitudes in Colombia are not the same as an Amazon climate. What's new is the presence of coca in Brazil.Samuel Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14459740576660047892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26488480.post-37319600612873883132008-03-30T22:10:00.000-07:002008-03-30T22:10:00.000-07:00I'm wondering where you got the information about ...I'm wondering where you got the information about "local reports" stating that "the leaves of the coca bushes that grew along the banks of the Javari were thicker than the leaves found on bushes growing at higher altitudes in the Andes." <BR/><BR/>Even though some are saying that coca may be being genetically engineered to grow at low altitudes in Brazil, coca has been grown at low altitudes in Colombia for years and it is not all that clear to me that this is so new. See more thoughts on this at my blog...latamthought.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com