Caranavi's coca market, La Paz (28 images)

Since 2006 the number of legal markets in Bolivia grew from two to three. In that year President Evo Morales issued a temporary permission to open a new market in La Paz where Caranavi and Apollo producers can sell their output legally.
6000 producers of these federations rejected by the ADEPCOCA, coca growers' association from La Paz, as they believe that these provinces are at north of Los Yungas and therefore outside the area of legal production, but since that date have a own legal...
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Since 2006 the number of legal markets in Bolivia grew from two to three. In that year President Evo Morales issued a temporary permission to open a new market in La Paz where Caranavi and Apollo producers can sell their output legally.
6000 producers of these federations rejected by the ADEPCOCA, coca growers' association from La Paz, as they believe that these provinces are at north of Los Yungas and therefore outside the area of legal production, but since that date have a own legal market.
The retail market as it is known is located in the capital area of Villa Fatima just a few hundred meters from the other market in La Paz since August 2008. It has an approximate selling of 60 to 80 taques of coca daily, between 3000 and 4000 pounds per day.
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