Bolivia
Hopefully the bet that has been made for agriculture will serve to remove a large majority of people out of
misery. In the city center called "old town" you can pass through narrow streets in the middle of old
buildings, poverty appears in every corner. The situation of the inhabitants is such misery that they even
eat the rinds of oranges from the ground; it seems incredible that in the XXI century, these images are
seeing yet.
Bolivia is a country where
coca leaf was the basis of its
agriculture, a product that
has been changed for
vegetable and fruits etc.
Even though coca is
synonymous of drug around
the world, it is substance
that causes the death of
millions of people and
misfortune of families, in
Bolivia the coca leaf has
never had this property of
being a drug. The drug is
cocaine, a chemical
transformation of the coca
leaf.
In this country it has being
used as food either chewing
or infusion because it has
the property to annul
appetite. And making coca
infusion is also a great
helper to combat altitude
sickness.
The country decided to
change the planting of coca
for vegetables, fruits, coffee,
corn etc. All thanks to the
initiative of women, she is
the one who has taken the
control to make agriculture a
family business, contributing
to raising the country's
economy and also to end the
misery of many families.