Peru Faces Fierce Opposition as Coca Eradication Program Intensifies

Peruvian authorities remain confident they’ll meet their goal this year of destroying 22,000 hectares of coca — the raw ingredient used to make cocaine — even in the face of local opposition as eradication brigades intensify operations into new areas.

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