This fall, a global regulatory body could move to decriminalize the demonized plant for the first time in more than 60 years, ...

Coca in Colombia has historically been more heavily ... “It would be beautiful,” she said, plucking more leaves into her ...

Traditional uses of coca leaves have been recognized on many occasions as part of the identity and collective memory of Colombian, Bolivian and other indigenous communities in the Andean region.

The Colombian government has increased pressure ... It takes about a ton of coca leaves to make a kilo — about 2.2 pounds — of the paste. That amount of leaves costs a few hundred dollars ...

This proximity between cattle ranching and coca cultivation has become quite intimate in some parts of Colombia ... is on the rural production of coca leaves and their transformation into coca ...

The government alleges that foreign criminal organizations purchase coca leaves from Colombian farmers, process them into cocaine and smuggle the drugs out of the country with the assistance of ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — One Colombian soldier was killed and another injured Thursday in clashes with guerrilla dissidents in a coca-growing region where their turf war with a rebel group has ...

Bogotá (AFP) – Colombia's defense minister on Sunday warned Donald Trump's administration against blacklisting his country for failing to curb drug exports, saying the decision would bring yet ...