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The people of Bolivia have grown coca for legitimate purposes for hundreds ofyears but the demands of Americas War on Drugs now threaten this way of life.Deborah Elliss searing followup to the highly praised I Am a Taxi dealswith this frank reality After he manages to escape from virtual enslavementin an illegal cocaine operation Diego is taken in by the Ricardo family. Thesepoor coca farmers give Diego a safe haven where he recovers from his ordeal inthe jungle. But the army soon moves in and destroys the familys coca crop their livelihood. So Diego joins the cocaleros as they protest thedestruction of their crops and confront the army headon by barricading theroads. While tension between the cocaleros and the army builds to a dramaticclimax Diego wonders whether he will ever find a way to return to his family.This compelling novel defies conventional wisdom on an important issue andshows how people in one part of the world unknowingly create hardship forpeople in another. «
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