La Paz, Bolivia
On November 15, 2008 10:41 p.m.
Fabrics tampered
Steven Berger, would be the first Canadian in history, to be charged with trafficking in cultural property through the hard work of a Bolivian researcher. I am trying to verify information to publish. Cristina Bubba worked more than 14 years, in collaboration with U.S. and Canadian customs to recover several stolen pieces of textile. Some of them found in Canada date back to the pre-Inca and Inca (some dating 1100 AD) and have now been reported in their home communities in the District of Coroma.
More than 428 cultural property protected under the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property was recovered in museums in North America and private collections since 1992 , many in the cities of Halifax, San Francisco and New York.
Cristina Bubba, the investigative process of conservation, recovery and research heritage of these tissues.
The indigenous Aymara Coroma, Department of Potosi
Fabrics stolen and recovered in San Francisco in 1992. Returning to his original Coroma ayllu.
The cultivation of coca leaf
Tension has been rising between Washington and La Paz since June 25 last, when U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was expelled from Bolivia. On 10 September, President Evo Morales declared Ambassador Philip Goldberg "persona non grata," accusing him of breaking into the internal affairs of the country. Then, on November 1, Morales announced the indefinite suspension of the activities of agents of the U.S. Agency for anti-drug, also accused of conspiring against his government, and November 11, those of the CIA.
The Bolivian government says it intends to eradicate its own culture of coca leaf for illegal purposes. The government believes that regionalization the fight against drugs will be effective in Bolivia through bilateral agreements with neighboring countries such as Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay and Peru. Alfredo Rada, the Minister of Interior of the Morales government said: "We believe the use of violence for the elimination of coca crops is not great results. The government has surpassed the tasks regarding elimination of these non-violent cultures without massacring peasants realize that fumigation has destroyed rivers and forests. "
How the Bolivian government has eradicated its own culture of coca leaf for illegal purposes. By providing farmers with the purchase of their production.
What are the mysteries of this ancient culture, whose origins go back much further than the white powder? Why Bolivians to take both?
For my general knowledge and to have a base to write this article, I visited the Temple of Coca, La Paz. A museum whose existence is due to doctors, sociologists, psychologists and anthropologists from various national and international institutions who believe that this initiative based on scientific knowledge can educate people rather than feeding prejudices.
mention that coca has been used for over 5000 years without damaging the body. Remnants of coca leaves were found in the tombs of Huanco Prieto ruins in northern Peru from 1800 to 2500 BC. AD.
At the time of colonization, the coca leaf was a form of secret potion to support slavery. By chewing the leaf miners and fields could work over 48 hours continuously, without sleep or eat. 
Early this century, the miners refused to enter the mine without coca. In 1940, she was declared the first article of necessity. Its sale was compulsory in mining companies and railroads. 
In 1950, though coca is exported to many countries, mainly in the United States, the United Nations declared illegal coca cultivation by making it responsible for poverty in South America (permettez-moi. ... then they are the ones who reap all the wealth).
And the properties of coca in 1886 gave birth to the most popular product in history, Coca-Cola.
During that coffers swell companies and drug traffickers, Bolivia and coca are found responsible for the addiction in the western world.
profits from the coca market has only abroad.
1) economy of the English royalty
2) peak of the wine Mariani
3) discovery of anesthetics
4) spectacular success with Coca-Cola
5) market multimillionaire cocaine illegal
Coca leaf helps the metabolism to adapt to living at altitude and allows the worker to feel fatigue later maintaining a stable blood glucose levels in the body. Its main use is, however, that the production of Coca-Cola.
The coca is a currency exchange not only material but also spiritual. This plant, in the heart of the magical-religious life of the Andean system serves to demonstrate reciprocity in the same way that alcohol facilitates trade and enhances the rites in Western culture. It represents good intentions, like giving a glass of wine to a guest or as a portion of the pipe of peace Aboriginal North.
NB Do not think I've become a fan of coca, no, I only discover a culture which is the subject of many misunderstandings and when paired with good explanations when s spending any time.
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