Meaning of cocalero | Babel Free

Definitions

A grower of coca leaves in Peru or Bolivia.

Examples

“With a cocalero in power, cocalero activists no longer shut down the main highway from Santa Cruz, enabling the province’s exports to reach important markets.”

“The cocaleros carried the leaves from the valleys where they are grown to high Andean villages of the sort we'd just passed, and the trail had been used for this purpose since the days of the conquistadors.”

“The agency buys coca from registered cocaleros and then resells it at traditional coca markets or […]”

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