Bolivia's brand-new narcotics czar, Ernesto Justiniano, told AFP Friday the US Drug Enforcement Administration, expelled in 2008, will be returning to bolster the South American country's anti-cocaine campaigns.

Justiniano is part of the new administration of President Rodrigo Paz, a pro-business conservative who took office on November 8 after two decades of leftist rule.

Paz, 58, is aiming for a sharp political, economic, social and diplomatic shift away from the policies of leftist leaders blamed by many for Bolivia's economic collapse, with dollars in short supply and annual inflation over 20 percent.

In an interview with AFP Friday, Justiniano said "there is a political commitment" for the DEA to return to Bolivia, where he said cocaine production has spiraled out of control.

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