| 41. | The destruction of coca leaf production has deprived thousands of peasants of their sole income.
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| 42. | The guerrillas charge taxes on each pound of harvested coca leaf and settle property disputes.
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| 43. | The use of the coca leaf is an Andean tradition dating back thousands of years.
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| 44. | But Colombia has also displaced Bolivia as the second-largest producer of coca leaf, after Peru.
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| 45. | Many units collect commissions on harvests of coca leaf and get paid to guard cocaine laboratories.
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| 46. | Coca leaf is the raw material for cocaine.
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| 47. | Some moved south to coca leaf-and cocaine-producing regions.
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| 48. | But coca leaf farmers are disgruntled and vocal.
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| 49. | At least 300, 000 people in the Chapare depend on coca leaf cultivation for their livelihood.
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| 50. | Peru is one of the world's major producer of the coca leaf used to make cocaine.
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