If it were anywhere else in South America, the nondescript house with buckets of coca leaves soaking in liquid could be mistaken for a clandestine cocaine lab. It remains questionable whether Bolivia can persuade the world to accept the hardy green leaf best known beyond its borders as the main ingredient of cocaine. “Exporting is a desire that my people and I have had since I was a child,” said Lizzette Torrez, leader of one of Bolivia's main coca-grower unions.
Thompson was heavily sedated and placed on a ventilator at a hospital on Thursday.
The Supreme Court justice also agreed that the nation needs to once again become "a place of godliness."