Pushed by necessity, Castillo eventually returned to Putumayo to work in the coca fields; but as she continued facing ...

Coca fields spread into protected areas, totaling 363 hectares across six national parks like Madidi and Isiboro Sécure. The Yungas of La Paz grows 2%, while Cochabamba's Tropics surges 6% ...

A short drive north of Bolivia’s capital La Paz, deep in the lush green valleys of the Yungas, Alicia Calle, a middle-aged Indigenous cocalero (coca farmer), plucked the leaves off the shrubs on ...

Below, a coca field owned by Edgar and his father, Gonzalo, stands ready for harvest in the mountain region of Antioquia, Colombia, January 7, 2016. Edgar and his family, who live in Antioquia in ...

Coca-Cola has voluntarily recalled more than 10,000 cans of the popular soft drink after the discovery of potential plastic contamination, according to the Food & Drug Administration. The recall ...

OTIS: In this video obtained by NPR, guerrillas of the National Liberation Army, or ELN, are battling a rival rebel faction for control over fields of coca, the raw material for cocaine.

The international narcotics trade has not been spared. From the cartel badlands along the US-Mexico border and verdant coca fields of the Andes, to street dealers in London and Paris, traffickers ...

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