Coca leaves are NOT illegal worldwide. If you're reporting for the @nytimes in South America, you should know this.https://twitter.com/jimbyardley/status/618771439030829056 …
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Don't get me wrong. Someone not from South America can still do well reporting about it. But if they haven't covered the basics? Sigh.
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What we get instead? Reporters who are like "OH MY GAWD THERE ARE COCA LEAVES IN BOLIVIA!!!"
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Of course there are coca leaves in Bolivia. Just like in Perú. And in Chile. And in Argentina. This isn't new. It's the Andes, ok?
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To tweet that coca leaves are "illegal worldwide" but legal in Bolivia is not only inaccurate: it's criminalizing an indigenous practice.
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@aurabogado@nytimes and, apparently, incapable of basic fact checking https://www.google.ca/search?q=are+coca+leaves+legal+in+bolivia …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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