| 41. | Pastrana said 20, 000 families had agreed to cut down their own coca plants in exchange for aid.
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| 42. | Crack and powder cocaine both are derived from coca plants grown mostly in the Andean valleys of Peru and Bolivia.
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| 43. | Samper noted that Colombia last year destroyed 25, 402 hectares of illegal coca plants, used to make cocaine.
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| 44. | But the farmers argue the subsidies can't make up for lost revenue from the more lucrative coca plants.
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| 45. | Peru and Bolivia have reduced their coca leaves harvest, though they have not ended the cultivation of coca plants.
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| 46. | Hernan Ordonez looks over the rows of coca plants and the other young men feverishly pulling in the cocaine harvest.
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| 47. | At least 2, 000 police and soldiers defied coca farmers last week and began cutting down illegal coca plants.
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| 48. | U . S . coca leaf expert Francisco Alvarez showed McCaffrey a coca plant and explained how farmers reproduce coca plants.
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| 49. | U . S . coca leaf expert Francisco Alvarez showed McCaffrey a coca plant and explained how farmers reproduce coca plants.
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| 50. | He has called for the withdrawal of troops from the Chapare and for the forceful destruction of coca plants to end.
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