There’s only one harvest a year, and it’s eaten by bugs. Even though we don't earn much, but thanks to this [coca] leaf, we ...

Coca leaves, minus the cocaine, could become the next hot wellness trend. That's the bet that Pat McCutcheon, a former CEO of a Canadian cannabis company, is making with his new venture, Power ...

Bolivia is pushing for the global decriminalisation of coca leaf – the main ingredient of cocaine – to export the plant and ease its economic crisis. But a "landmark" recent decision by the ...

Bolivian President Luis Arce reaffirmed the nation's commitment to the legal uses of coca leaf, claiming that 'it is not cocaine.' During the National Acullico Day event in La Paz on January 11 ...

Colombia and Bolivia will propose to the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to accept the traditional use of coca leaf and remove it from the list of banned substances, Deputy Foreign Minister Laura ...

Minister of Productive Development and Plural Economy Néstor Huanca Tuesday said the Industrialization of the Bolivian Coca Leaf under the brand Kokabol involved a US$ 9 million investment.

In 2023, the South American country set a new record last year for coca leaf cultivation and cocaine production, which rose 53 percent from 1,738 tonnes (1,915 US tons) to 2,600 tonnes ...

There’s only one harvest a year, and it’s eaten by bugs. Even though we don't earn much, but thanks to this [coca] leaf, we eat every day. For example, now I'm going to harvest this ...

Colombia, whose President Gustavo Petro is a vocal critic of the US-led war on drugs, on Monday urged the UN to remove coca - ...