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- noun Plural form of
cocalero .
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Examples
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The president's "loyalty is to the cocaleros coca growers, and in reality, the cocaleros are the drug traffickers, producing coca for cocaine," says Fernando Vargas, a leader of the Indians who is seeking to block the road.
Cocaine: The New Front Lines John Lyons 2012
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The Bolivian government allows coca farmers, known as cocaleros, to grow as much as 49,000 acres in the Yungas and Chapare regions.
Bolivia walks thin line as it struggles to battle coca production Helen Coster 2010
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The Bolivian government allows coca farmers, known as cocaleros, to grow as much as 49,000 acres in the Yungas and Chapare regions.
Bolivia walks thin line as it struggles to battle coca production Helen Coster 2010
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The Afro-Bolivian "cocaleros", or coca-growers, have adopted this indigenous tradition and work hard planting and harvesting the coca bushes.
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The Afro-Bolivian "cocaleros", or coca-growers, have adopted this indigenous tradition and work hard planting and harvesting the coca bushes.
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As his campaign for re-election gathers pace, the coca growers or "cocaleros" are backing him financially.
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As his campaign for re-election gathers pace, the coca growers or "cocaleros" are backing him financially.
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The Indians worry the cocaleros would carve coca farms into their lands, hurting the environment and overrunning the local culture.
Indian Protests Spur Bolivia Crisis Martin Arostegui 2011
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Bolivia's counternarcotics forces and cocaleros, tasked with self-regulation through a system called "social control," eradicate the rest.
Bolivia walks thin line as it struggles to battle coca production Helen Coster 2010
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"Evo's electoral stronghold was the cocaleros and other groups with the same school of thought: the have-nots neglected by the government masses," says César Guedes, representative of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime in Bolivia.
Bolivia walks thin line as it struggles to battle coca production Helen Coster 2010
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