Peruvian coca growers are meeting in the capital Lima to discuss ways to confront the government over their controversial crop.

Farmers are angry that politicians have failed to come up with a financially viable alternative to the crop, which is the raw material for cocaine.

The coca growers have travelled long distances from remote areas of the Andes and Amazon to voice their anger.

Peru is the second biggest producer of cocaine in the world.

Legal Use

Much of it is smuggled to the United States - though a small amount is used legally, brewed in tea or chewed to combat altitude sickness.

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