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MUSIC | Shawn McLaughlin & Smorgasbord / Cannibal Kings / Catapult CD Release
...farmers have seen their fields of coca - Bolivia's most lucrative crop, used to make cocaine and herbal medicines - eradicated as part of the U.S. drug war. Alternative crops like coffee usually earn only a tenth of coca's price in today's depressed global markets. These grievances helped catapult Evo Morales, an Andean Indian who represents coca farmers, into a runoff for the presidency last year. As Sánchez's government collapsed, Indian farmers flooded into La Paz to march. If Goni hadn't gone, said one, "he'd have to kill...
...front runner around whom the party can rally, he's the only real excitement that the Democrats have to offer. And come February, if he pulls off wins in both Iowa and New Hampshire--both of which appear increasingly possible--the fast-forward campaign calendar of early primaries could catapult him to the nomination...
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