Crossing the Current
In contemporary accounts of the Shining Path insurgency and Peru''s internal war, the Upper Huallaga Valley has largely been overlooked—despite its former place as the country''s main cocaine-producing region. From afar, the Upper Huallaga became a political and legal no-man''s-land. Up close, vibrant networks of connection endured despite strict controls on human habitation and movement. This boo...
In contemporary accounts of the Shining Path insurgency and Peru''s internal war, the Upper Huallaga Valley has largely been overlooked—despite its former place as the country''s main cocaine-producing region. From afar, the Upper Huallaga became a political and legal no-man''s-land. Up close, vibrant networks of connection endured despite strict controls on human habitation and movement. This boo...
