Bolivia Weather

Agriculture accounts for roughly 15% of Bolivia's GDP. The amount of land cultivated by modern farming techniques is increasing rapidly in the Santa Cruz area, where weather allows for two crops a year. Soybeans are the major cash crop, sold into the CAN market. The extraction of minerals and hydrocarbons accounts for another 10% of GDP and manufacturing around 17%. ... [Read More]

US Department Of State Post Report

Clothing. Clothing should be selected primarily for tropical or semitropical weather. The winter months do bring cold fronts from the south that last 1–2 weeks, making some warm clothing necessary. Raincoats and umbrellas are also essential in this area. An electric blanket is useful during the winter months, as central heating is not available. ...

Agriculture accounts for roughly 15% of Bolivia’s GDP. The amount of land cultivated by modern farming techniques is increasing rapidly in the Santa Cruz area, where weather allows for two crops a year and soybeans are the major cash crop. The extraction of minerals and hydrocarbons accounts for another 10% of the GDP. Manufacturing represents less than 17% of the GDP. ... [Read More]

E) South America

In 2001, CADA (the Ministry of Interior mapping and measuring agency) began mapping opium poppy cultivation to determine the extent of the problem. Because of weather and terrain problems, additional resources and technology will be required to pinpoint cultivation areas. CADA had also begun to survey farms in the Huallaga Valley to collect agricultural and socioeconomic information to assist the GOP in negotiating additional coca reductions. ...

The DIRAN Air Service also began taking strides toward building up its forward operating bases around the country, with the goal of decentralizing its operations and creating a more efficient and flexible response to counternarcotics mission needs. With assistance from the United States, planning has continued apace for the construction of infrastructure at several bases around Colombia. In November, the DIRAN named commanders for the new bases. The United States will install an instrument landing system at two forward bases and a precision approach path indicator at another; these systems will assist DIRAN and armed forces pilots in landing aircraft under difficult weather conditions. In addition, the United States is building a modern fixed-wing hangar at the DIRAN Air Service’s El Dorado Base in Bogotá. ... [Read More]

Policy and Program Developments

What We Know With Less Certainty. How much of a finished product a given area will produce is difficult to estimate. Small changes in factors such as soil fertility, weather, farming techniques, and disease can produce widely varying results from year to year and place to place. To add to our uncertainty, most illicit drug crop areas are not easily accessible to the United States Government, making scientific information difficult to obtain. Therefore, we are estimating the potential crop available for harvest. Not all of these estimates allow for losses, which could represent up to a third or more of a crop in some areas for some harvests. The value in estimating the size of the potential crop is to provide a consistent basis for a comparative analysis from year to year. ... [Read More]

Renewal of the Andean Trade Preferences Act

Peru's market oriented economic reforms in the 1990's tackled inflation and produced strong economic growth form 1994-1997. Since 1998, however, the adverse El Niño weather phenomenon, the emerging financial crisis and political instability have battered the economy. Although real GDP expanded 1.4 percent in 1999 and 3.6 percent in 2000, political turmoil over the last year has discouraged foreign investment; GDP contracted in the first half of 2001. ... [Read More]

Policy and Program Developments

Overview for 2000For U.S. international antidrug programs, the year 2000 was one of important accomplishments and serious challenges. Long-term cooperation with our Western Hemisphere allies continued to bear fruit. We successfully attacked drug crop expansion, enhanced interdiction efforts, worked to arrest leaders of drug trafficking syndicates, and narrowed the opportunities for the drug trade to launder drug profits. At the same time, we provided our partners essential training assistance to strengthen their law enforcement and judicial systems, while helping them with programs to reduce drug consumption in their own countries. The year’s most noteworthy accomplishment was to keep the total Andean coca crop from expanding significantly. Six years of joint ... [Read More]

International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORTMARCH 1995BUREAU FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRSINTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORTEXECUTIVE SUMMARYPOLICY AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENTS IN 1994Policy and Program Overview 1Next Steps 6Coca and Cocaine 8Opium and heroin 10Methodology 21Status of Potential Worldwide Production 23Cultivation and Production Charts 26UN CONVENTION SIGNATORIES 31FY 1994-1996 FISCAL SUMMARYAND FUNCTIONAL BUDGET 35LEGISLATIVE BASIS FOR THE INCSR 37INTERNATIONAL TRAINING 40OTHER USG ASSISTANCE PROVIDED 45Drug Enforcement Administration ... [Read More]

C) Policy and Program Development

While farmers naturally have strong incentives to maximize their harvests of what is almost always their most profitable cash crop, the harvest depends upon the efficiency of farming practices and the wastage caused by poor practices or difficult weather conditions during and after harvest. Up to a third or more of a crop may be lost in some areas during harvests. ...

What We Know With Less Certainty. The picture is less clear where crop yields are concerned. How much of a finished product a given area will produce is difficult to estimate. Small changes in factors such as soil fertility, weather, farming techniques, and disease can produce widely varying results from year to year and place to place. Moreover, most illicit drug crop areas are not easily accessible to the United States Government, making scientific information difficult to obtain. Therefore, we are estimating potential crop available for harvest. Not all of these estimates allow for losses, which could represent up to a third or more of a crop in some areas for some harvests. The value in estimating the size of the potential crop is to provide a consistent basis for a comparative analysis from year to year. ... [Read More]

International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEINTERNATIONAl NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORTMARCH 1995BUREAU FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRSSOUTH AMERICA 61Argentina 63Bolivia 67Brazil 73Chile 78Colombia 81Ecuador 89Paraguay 99Peru 99Uruguay 107Venezuela 110 ARGENTINAI. SummaryArgentina faces increasing problems with illegal narcotics. There is little cultivation or production of illicit drugs, but there is increasing transshipment through Argent ... [Read More]

Tips for Travelers to Central & South America

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