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	Inca mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mama Cocha ("sea mother") was the sea and fish goddess, protectress of sailors and fishermen.
		Mama Quilla ("mother moon" or "golden mother") was a marriage, festival and moon goddess and daughter of Viracocha and Mama Cocha, as well as wife and sister of Inti.
		Mama Ocllo was the sister and wife of Manco Capac.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Inca_mythology (1409 words)

	Andean Information Network - Legacy of Coca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Coca, the sacred leaf or hoja divina, has been used within the Andean society since approximately 3,000 B.C. During the Incan empire, the plant was considered sacred, and consumption of the coca leaf was reserved for the upper classes.
		Coca converted into a form of compensation or was sold to workers at an inflated price and the use of coca rapidly became more prevalent throughout the indigenous communities.
		Coca is used as a physical and mental stimulant; to combat elements such as altitude, hunger and cold; and as a remedy for a wide range of medical complaints.
	www.ain-bolivia.org /legacyofcoca.htm (2265 words)

	Flower of erythroxylon coca
		They used coca in magical ceremonies and initiation rites; for divination and fertility rituals; and to heal their physical and psychic woes.
		Intially coca use and cultivation was denounced, especially by the Catholic Church, for its destructive influence on the native populations.
		Coca was banned as an agent of idolatry and sorcery, "strengthening the wicked in their delusions, and asserted by every competent judge to possess no true virtues; but, on the contrary, to cause the deaths of innumerable Indians, while it ruins the health of the few who survive."
	www.cocaine.org /cocaleaves.html (341 words)

	Inca Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In another origin myth, the sun god Inti ordered Manco Capac and Mama Ocllo to emerge from the depths of Lake Titicaca and found the city of Cuzco.
		Coca leaves were used to lessen hunger and pain, as they still are in the Andes.
		The Chasqui (messengers) chewed coca leaves for extra energy to carry on their tasks as runners delivering messages throughout the empire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Inca_Empire (4153 words)

	anthony henman [Archive] - Edot forums
		"Mama Coca" was originally conceived as a classic conventional anthropological description of coca use, and cocaine was not originally part of what I had planned.
		While people were interested in the ethno-botanical stuff, what made "Mama Coca" notorious was that it was the first time anyone got into print with criticisms and allegations against the war on drugs and the drug warriors.
		Perhaps they can't eradicate coca because the objective is mistaken; perhaps it is because the real objectives of the war on drugs have nothing to do with their declared objectives.
	www.entheogen.com /forum/archive/index.php?t-2849.html (1320 words)

	FREUD'S MAGICAL DRUG
		Coca (Erythroxylum coca), the source of the alkaloid cocaine, is a small tree native to moist tropical montane regions of Peru, Bolivia, and, possibly, Ecuador.
		Coca was held in such high esteem because the alkaloid of this plant was able to combat fatigue and to mask hunger, the later by inhibiting nerve impulses that convey hunger pangs.
		Thus, in 1551 the Bishop of Cuzco banned coca use because it was an evil agent of the Devil, and decreed punishment by death (burning) for users of those in possession of the leaves.
	www.botgard.ucla.edu /html/botanytextbooks/economicbotany/Erythroxylum (1599 words)

	Evo Morales Ayma - Gran Jefe de los Pueblos Originarios - Presidente de Bolivia
		This was right when the conservative MNR government got congress to approve Law 1.008, the Law of the Coca and Controlled Substances Regime, which considers the reduction and gradual substitution of crops qualified as excessive (beyond traditional chewing use), by planting alternative crops or even by forcefully pulling out coca plants without right to compensation.
		While they, pressured by Washington, were trying to erradicate the coca leaf, coca farmers for their part were lobbying to defend their right to cultivate the plant.
		Once the coca farmers had returned to the Tropics of Cochabamba and calm had been restored to the country, the authorities forgot about their accord so full of promises and returned to sending forces to harrass the settlers.
	www.evomorales.net /paginasEng/perfil_Eng_sindi.aspx (585 words)

	Coca and derivatives
		The coca has been cultivated by the Indians in South America during many thousands of years, it was prohibited by the Spanish conquerors that considered it pernicious, although they made use of it to exploit the natives, making it possible for them to support the hard work conditions to what they were subjected to.
		They add to the mastication of the leaves of coca, the importance that the infusion of coca (mate) posess for its numerous medicinal properties, a beverage that can be taken in any home of Bolivia or Peru, countries where the traditional consumption is legalized.
		Chapter II ; the coca leaves : scientific aspects.
	www.botanical-online.com /alcaloidescocaangles1.htm (790 words)

	AlterNet: Toward Global Drug Reform
		While a general consensus in favor of the Mama Coca commission proposal seemed to emerge, it was by no means unanimous, and the discussion that followed showed clearly the differing perspectives of those in attendance.
		Coca, for example, was not prohibited by the 1961 convention; instead, Peruvian and Bolivian elites committed themselves to end coca chewing in 25 years." Still, said Thoumi, there is still a need for study of coca crops in the Andes, and there are a couple of questions any commission would need to address.
		For Mama Coca and Gonzalez Posso, the general tenor of the conversation was enough to say, "I understand that it is a yes, we have a positive reaction to our proposal, and work toward this global commission needs to begin.
	www.alternet.org /story/16298 (2041 words)

	"A Certain Herb Called Coca"
		As Netherly says, "coca and coca chewing are frequent themes in Moche iconography usually in religious contexts, indicating the importance of coca to this North Coast civilization."[31] The fact that representations of coca would be included on a high quality portrait vase is perhaps indicative of coca's more ritual uses rather than its mundane ones.
		By 1551 coca had been condemned by the first ecclesiastical council in Lima."[59] Further, she argues that "coca use came to signify indianness" in the face of European oppression,[60] and so indigenous peoples found a further ground to attach social importance to coca even after indigenous social structures were dismantled by the Spanish.
		In all probability, the importance placed on coca was actually derived from a long tradition of believing coca to be a vital part of everyday spiritual life in the Andes, as opposed to a newly-instituted Inca declaration.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~jlvoris/thesis.html (5695 words)

	Coke Farming
		Ancient Peruvians used coca as a local anaesthetic before trepanning - the hazardous surgical technique of drilling a hole in the skull to relieve various physical and psychic woes.
		Before the coca harvest, the harvester would sleep with a woman to ensure that Mama Coca would be in a favourable mood.
		Typically, a decoction of coca and saliva was rubbed onto the male organ to prolong erotic ecstasy.
	www.cocaine.org /cokefarm.htm (405 words)

	Latin American Video Archives
		The coca leaf was not always synonymous with conflict and corruption.
		Elegant prose that recalls the ancient significance of coca is woven throughout the film.
		This film is an excellent introduction to the complexity of the coca economy for rural Peruvians and the many lives at stake in the effort to cultivate and profit from the ancient plant.
	www.lavavideo.org /titles/detail.cfm?title_id=12997 (344 words)

	Drug Policy Alliance: The Curse of Coca: The move to use a new herbicide to eradicate the coca plant spells trouble for ...
		Coca is grown with no other plants to maximize output and allow for easy harvesting of the leaves, leaving the fragile soil exposed to constant sunshine.
		Farmers in the Yungas often plant large leafy plants around coca bushes to protect the soil from the sunlight, plant the bush in deeper pits to allow for the formation of a sturdier root structure and construct stone terraces to allow for harvesting on what amounts to level ground.
		The UN reports that 50 percent (25,000 ha) of coca in Colombia was eradicated in 1995 and Colombia reports eradicating 40-47,000 ha in 1996, yet coca cultivation increased by at least 10,000 ha each year.
	www.drugpolicy.org /library/curse2.cfm (1332 words)

	Drug Policy Alliance: U.S. Policies At Cross-purposes in Latin America
		Coca is the most dynamic sector of their economies, serving as the leading generator of foreign exchange and a crucial source of employment.
		Coca production expanded at an annual rate of 13.4% between 1985 and 1988.45 In effect, the neoliberal economic programme has, at least for now, exacerbated the country's dependence on the coca export sector.
		Yet while the coca industry is the quintessential expression of market-driven private enterprise, US officials nevertheless seem to assume that they can encourage market liberalization and entrepreneurialism in all economic arenas--except for the drug trade.
	www.dpf.org /library/cocandr1.cfm (6345 words)

	americas.org - 'Mother Coca' Wins in Bolivia -- Can Evo Morales Foster World Coca Market? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Their hope, and that of the highly organized cocaleros, as Bolivia's coca growers are known, is that with their man Morales as its spokesman the leaf might finally clear the legal and political hurdles (and prejudices) that block the creation of a legitimate world coca market.
		Elsewhere in the Andes, the alliance between coca and muscular Indian political movements is increasingly powerful, and could add regional muscle to the call for coca's legitimization on a global scale.
		The coca decriminalization debate has echoed as far north as Mexico, a country convulsed by the open warring of cocaine cartels that manage the flow of cocaine northward to the United States.
	www.americas.org /item_23922 (957 words)

	Evo Morales Ayma - Gran Jefe de los Pueblos Originarios - Presidente de Bolivia
		There are two known species of coca: Erythroxylum coca (Lamarck, 1786) and Erythroxylum novogranatense (Morris, 1889), each with their respective varieties, characterized by the alkaloid cocaine contained in its leaves.
		The E.coca, recognized as coca ¨Huánuco ", was presumably the first one, and was cultivated on the slopes and in the tropical valleys of the eastern Andes (500 to 1.500 ms.
		In the case of the E. coca, the stake system is also used.
	www.evomorales.net /paginasEng/coca_Eng_botan.aspx (509 words)

	witching plants
		Some people might now say coca is a scourge, but like the poppy of the goddess it is the failure to recognise the spiritual significance of these agents and their relationship to the healing nature of the Earth Mother that leads to such grave error in our society.
		There are also distinct cultivars of coca in the Amazon basin, which appear to be of ancient sacred use from the time required to develop such distinctive cultivars and the fact that manioc, yaje and coca are the three sacred plants in the canoe containing the first man and woman drawn by the anaconda itself.
		Coca is legally available both as leaves and as coca tea, which is commonly available as a cure for altitude sickness and in supermarkets as a mild stimulating drink in the form of commercial tea bags.
	www.dhushara.com /book/twelve/tw4.htm (3821 words)

	Protected Areas Threatened by Coca-Killing Herbicide
		The government estimates there are 10,000 to 15,000 hectares planted with coca bush in the country's nature parks, part of the total of more than 100,000 hectares of this illicit crop nationwide.
		Camilo González, former health minister and now director of the non-governmental group Indepaz, says it is true that the chemicals used to process coca into cocaine are extremely harmful to ecosystems, but that fumigation of the parks cannot be defended as a means to protect them.
		Indepaz and the NGO Mama Coca convened a forum for Mar. 24 to discuss with experts the issue of applying glyphosate in protected areas.
	www.tierramerica.net /2004/0320/iacentos.shtml (860 words)

	Mérida Interview: María Mercedes Moreno of Mama Coca
		Based in Paris and dividing her time between France and her native Colombia, María Mercedes Moreno is the coordinator of Mama Coca (http://www.mamacoca.org), an international consortium of academics, activists and researchers studying the illicit crops of Latin America.
		So Mama Coca as an organization has as its main objective defending human rights and exposing how this war on illicit drugs attacks the human rights of many people.
		Mama Coca is the first group to defend coca-growing as a traditional right in Colombia.
	www.stopthedrugwar.org /chronicle/275/mariamercedes.shtml (1535 words)

	Latin American and Iberian Resources at UNM
		In the ceremony, the priests made tributes to Pachamama, or Mother Earth, and sang the song Coca Quintucha, a hymn of the inhabitants of the southern Andes that presents the crop as sacred.
		Political fight to lead cocalero group ousts "Mama Coca" Morales assumed the leadership of the Huanuco cocalero movement in May, displacing Nancy Obregon as head of the Confederacion Nacional de Productores Agropecuarios de las Cuencas Cocaleras del Peru (Conpaccp).
		She was repudiated within the movement for allegedly approving of a government decree in early 2004 calling for "the gradual and concerted eradication of the coca leaf," which would be a complete betrayal of stated cocalero aims.
	laii.unm.edu /display.pl?action=display_item&event_id=280 (1276 words)

	Jungle World ··· 45/2005 International ··· Das Recht auf Mama Coca
		Hoja de Coca, Hoja de Coca«, rufen die beiden Frauen den Passanten zu und hin und wieder bleibt einer stehen und kauft ihnen ein Beutelchen mit den grünen Blättern ab.
		Coca gehört für den Indio zum Alltag, und während der Arbeit auf dem Feld kaut er die Blätter mit etwas Kalk.
		In höchster Eile wird an der Karibikküste Mexikos der Wiederaufbau vorangetrieben, vor allem in den Touristenzentren.
	www.jungle-world.com /seiten/2005/45/6619.php (1495 words)

	Evo Morales Aima - Big Chief of the Original Peoples - President of Bolivia
		I took a furrow and was working, when I got to a plant that was the same size as the coca but with thorns; five meters farther along, there was another coca plant with thorns.
		'This coca with thorns holds me back,' I said to the other guys, who laughed and told me that among the coca, orange trees were always planted, one every five meters.
		In 1981, Evo, coca farmer, athlete, is named secretary of sports for his union, San Francisco.
	www.evomorales.net /paginasEng/perfil_Eng_cocal.aspx (324 words)

	Companion Articles-2001-2005: Herb Properties/Coca Properties: Erythoxylum coca Lam.
		In South America, coca leaf hasbeen used traditionally as a chew, in comb-ination with the lime of roasted seashells (Colombia)
		Coca is clipped to 2 metres in height as shrubs and the leaves collected and sun-dried, then packed in bags.
		Coca Cola was first made in wine, and called "an intellectual beverage'
	www.northdaysimage.ca /coca.htm (307 words)

	Coca y derivados
		La coca ha sido cultivada por los indios en Sudamérica durante muchos miles de años, Fue prohibida por los conquistadores españoles, que la consideraron perniciosa, aunque hicieron uso de ella para explotar a los indígenas, haciendo que pudieran soportar las duras condiciones de trabajo a las que eran sometidos.
		Existe una opinión prohibicionista que mantiene que, aunque los efectos de mascar las hojas de la coca no son tan devastadores como aquellos que provienen del uso de su derivado, el uso continuado de la coca produce un hábitos de efectos negativos para la salud y para la sociedad que la consume.
		Añaden, ademas de la masticación de las hojas de coca, la importancia que posee la infusión de coca (mate) por sus numerosas propiedades medicinales, y que puede tomarse en cualquier hogar de Bolivia o Perú, países donde esta legalizado el consumo tradicional.
	www.botanical-online.com /alcaloidescocaderivats.htm (883 words)

	Issue 140 - Mama coca the medicine
		To say that coca is big business in Bolivia is an understatement — it is ten times she size of the principal legal industry, tin mining.
		Wages in the coca producing areas are up to five times as high as in other rural jobs.
		Until the peasants are given decent legal opportunities to improve their living standards, they will continue to work on mama coca.
	www.newint.org /issue140/coca.htm (1475 words)

	Coca mama means life (english) - Narco News
		Coca mama means life to indigenous Andeans (En Español)
		Thus, as an indigenous nation, we have never prostituted Mama Coca or done anything artificial to it because it is a mother.
		Thus, to satisfy the demand, for example, the Spaniards were the first to cultivate coca in the Yungas regions.
	www.november.org /razorwire/rzold/27/page21.html (1270 words)

	Feature Films (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		There she meets both El Gato, an entrepreneur who buys coca leaf to send to the drug traffic lords and, Antonio, a self-described poet, recovering in the little town from his big-city addiction.
		We watch as the powerful conflict among legitimate coca growers, drug lords and government forces rages.
		Allí conoce al Gato, un hombre que compra hojas de coca para venderla a los traficantes de drogas, y a Antonio, que se considera poeta, y quien se está recuperando de su adicción en la gran ciudad.
	www.latinoculturalcenter.org /Filmfest/Locations/CocaMama.htm (169 words)

	Erowid Library/Bookstore : 'Mama Coca'
		Being conceived in terms of a quest for the mythological spirit which resides within the coca bush, 'Mama Coca' is both an indictment of the monopolization of the cocaine traffic by the reactionary security forces, and a passionate defense of the habit of chewing coca leaves in their natural, unrefined state.
		The book first examines the overall cultural and economic history of coca in the Andes, and then concentrates on the way the plant is cultivated, prepared and consumed by one particular group of coca adepts, the Paez Indians of Cauca, Colombia.
		The book is a libertarian analysis of the role of coca in the broader context of Paez magical and medicinal practices, and an understanding of its significance in the struggle which these Indians are currently waging in defense of their land and their cultural integrity.
	de1.erowid.org /library/books/mama_coca.html (212 words)

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