Casa caída coca
The place
Casa caída coca ("Coca fallen house") in the Cochabamba department, Chapare/Villa Tunari sector (Yungas Amazon foothills Bolivia, Bolivia), at 223 m elevation, Amazon foothills of the Andes. Continuous Bolivia cluster (batches 260-394). Traditional rural cocalero habitat (Chapare 25,000 km² tropics Cochabamba center of licit coca leaf production Erythroxylum coca traditional 4000 years + Villa Tunari cocalero union historic center Evo Morales native MAS + heritage of the Quechuas/Aymaras (Andean people 4 M Bolivia Quechua/Aymara official languages Constitution 2009 Plurinational State + Túpac Katari 1750-1781 Aymara anti-Spanish revolt executed La Paz drawn and quartered + Túpac Amaru II 1738-1781 Quechua Cusco iconic revolt + heritage of Simón Bolívar 1783-1830 Liberator + Sucre 1795-1830 1st president Bolivia 1825 independence + Evo Morales 2006-2019 13 years MAS 1st iconic indigenous president cocalero Chapare + Añez 2019-2020 post-Evo crisis + Arce MAS 2020-2025 continuity).
The setting
Cochabamba Chapare/Villa Tunari Amazon foothills Yungas Bolivia 223 m Amazon foothills Andes, continuous cluster batches 260-394, cocalero habitat Chapare 25,000 km² tropics Cochabamba licit coca production Erythroxylum coca traditional 4000 years + Villa Tunari cocalero union Evo Morales native MAS, Quechuas/Aymaras Andean 4 M BO Quechua/Aymara official Const 2009 Plurinational + Túpac Katari 1750-1781 Aymara revolt executed La Paz drawn and quartered + Túpac Amaru II 1738-1781 Quechua Cusco + Bolívar 1783-1830 Liberator + Sucre 1795-1830 1st pres 1825 independence + Evo Morales 2006-2019 13 years MAS 1st indigenous cocalero + Añez 2019-2020 crisis + Arce MAS 2020-2025.
