you sure it's base and not the shitty cheap byproduct (lxi,pack,chasqui,etc....) that is made adding kerosene to the leftover base used when turning it into HCl and then they add shit like broken glass and if you're lucky grounded aspirin? I never had a problem getting HCl in south america, but then again I would never go to the places were they sell and consume pack openly, though it happened a couple times...once in brazil I was offered this really strong base but it was pressed and so damn oily that liquid stuck to the plastic it was wrapped on and was yellow like really yellow teeth, and that was a rarity, maybe cause I don't do it that often and since quality stuff down here is at laughable prices I'd much rather get me half a gram of peruvian fishscale than 5grams of 'finger/chalk', you really feel the difference when it's good HCl, I'm not into base/crack anymore, but I always cooked my own cause down here unless you're buying hefty amounts to turn into HCl (are a criminal) or the shitty less than a dollar byproduct it generally comes in HCL form since it's made for smuggling, maybe depends on the country and region you're in, if you're in Bolivia near a small makeshift lab near a plantation then yeah you are most likely getting base, but if buying in a city it's weird, asking for HCl is easier than finding good weed, cab drivers are very resourceful and if you like the shit you can keep contacting them, me being a paranoid expat use middlemen or high priced delivery services (but just for weed, with coke I don't want anyone I procure it from knowing where I live, what I do,my real name,etc....it's a fucking Mafia that rules south america...the coke trade, I got back on it since i quit bupe one month ago and just bought 0.5 and 0.6 grams of great stuff on 2 occasions since...treat the shit with respect or it's so easy to overindulge here....luckily I'm a downer guy) dunno where you are but I've worked and traveled throughout like 80% of South America in most of the capital and big cities and also in the wild, and damn even at a rouge village bar at some route in the middle of nowhere they'll know/be on it, not the wisest idea to ask though, especially if you are not a local...locals get way better prices as well so it's another good reason to find a cool middleman with a good source...any city in SA with more than 5000 inhabitants will have it, if you speak spanish and most importantly understand the drug culture idiosincrcy slang, the sign talk and facial expressions etc. it's damn easy, if bad luck hit another place I cn think of 4 Capital Cities full of districts with bars where you would find it in 5 mins...really weird, hope you have n to been getting the carcinogenic toxic byproduct!