issue because 92 percent of the cultivable land was own by powerful landholders with states of 1,000 hectares or more (Onwar.com, pg 1). This fact, plus the increasing unemployment, ignited the working class in revolution and armed miners and civilians overpowered the Bolivian army in April of 1952. After the loss of 600 lives the so-called Agrarian Revolution was born and new reforms took place. These reforms included the nationalization of the tin-mining industry, the rising of miner's wages, the liquidation of vast holdings of powerful landholders, and the distribution of acres to landless Indians (Armed Conflict, pg 1).
             But Indians, who only knew about gold and silver, found a bigger problem with the lands that they received. High mountains that are not fertile geographically cover almost 60 percent of the Bolivian territory; therefore, the only product that they could cultivate was coca. On the other hand, the Eastern side of the country that is very fertile is constantly affected by adverse atmospheric conditions. El Ni&
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