The Añez gov& #39;t quickly drafted its own drug strategy, “Together and Drug Free,” in coord. w/EU technical experts and DITISA, an EU-funded consulting firm. The strategy was later later rebranded as “ #Bolivia: Drug Free” https://bit.ly/3bzMYDF ">https://bit.ly/3bzMYDF&q... @danielbrombach1 @BuxtonJulia https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">

It presents a hardline, muddled stance on drug use, interdiction & supply control, showing little knowledge of existing #Bolivian policy or nat& #39;l dynamics. Its authors copied text from the US INSCR & dismissed the previous strategy as “merely a political discourse”. @SanhoTreehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">

Aggressive statements from key high-ranking Añez officials characterise Chapare #coca farmers as “narco-terrorists”. Ongoing threats of intervention against growers by Bolivia’s security forces fly in the face of longstanding EU policy in the country. @ColettaYoungers @IDPCnet https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">

“Before, we worked closely with the EU to control #coca so as to stay w/in the legal limits,” a coca-grower leader told us. “We want to keep doing this, but everything has broken down with this de facto government. They don’t communicate or coordinate with us at all.”https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach unten">

The EU actively explored adapting the previous policy to neighbouring countries. But now, the lessons from the community experience are quickly being lost. “It& #39;d be a disaster to lose all the progress #Bolivia made on #coca control. The technical focus has gone down the drain.”