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coca Info
- coca
- Andean peasants in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador chew coca leaves mixed with bicarbonate of soda to combat cold and tiredness while working. They also make mate de coca, an infusion effective against altitude sickness.
Much of the coca grown in the region goes to Colombia and reaches Europe and the US as cocaine. Governments in the region are now under heavy international pressure to stop its cultivation, but coca farmers defend their right to grow it, both for their own use and because it is so profitable.
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Mañana entonces será por la coca, con la que los conquistadores lograban mayor rendimiento y menores gastos en alimentación de los indígenas que encontraron.
www.monikamdq.com.ar Lo de que tomar coca es perjudicial está claro.
oficinauta.blogspot.com Al toque, si no renegás de todo, te vendiste a la masa anestesiada capitalista justinbieberiana compramodas sponsoreada por coca-cola.
www.la-redo.net Puedes evitarte esto con sólo decidir reducir o quitar el consumo de coca-cola.
www.unavidalucida.com.ar Los tres amigos se sientan a tomar algo un jugo, una coca y un café.
blogs.lanacion.com.ar