The war on drugs in Bolivia.<br/> <br />Five months into a one year pilot program against illegal coca crops in Bolivia the fight goes on. It's a project backed by neighbor Brazil and the United States.<br/> <br />Government forces fan thorough Bolivia's Carrasco National Park. They are literally ripping the illegal plants from the ground.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) FELIPE CACERES, VICE-MINISTER OF SOCIAL DEFENSE, SAYING:<br/> <br />"Here, in a month or more, these plant seedbeds would have been enough to create at least 5 hectares of coca plants in this place, and what we are doing is preventing the spread of these coca seeds, and in this way putting a stop to all the illegal coca inside Carrasco National Park, it is one of our objectives as the Joint Task Force and National Government."<br/> <br />Bolivia is the third largest producer of coca, the raw material of cocaine.<br/> <br />Time may be running out for the project, however. The US Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) is due to withdraw its support from the program in September 2012 taking an $11 million financial contribution with them.<br/> <br />Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters
