A deforested area which, according to authorities, is used for coca leaf plantations is seen during an overflight by the Colombian anti-narcotics police in Putumayo, Colombia November 12, 2023. Photo: ...

Some 253,000 hectares were planted with coca leaf in 2023, the report said, up from 230,000 in 2022. That brought last year's potential cocaine production up 53% to 2,644 metric tons, compared ...

President Morales in one of his many trips abroad chewing a coca leaf Bolivia will again belong to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs after its bid to rejoin with a reservation that it ...

Some 253,000 hectares were planted with coca leaf in 2023, the report said, up from 230,000 in 2022. This brought last year’s potential cocaine production up 53% to 2,644 metric tons, compared to ...

Colombian land dedicated to the cultivation of coca leaves, a raw ingredient for cocaine, jumped 10 per cent in 2023 to reach the largest area in more than two decades, a UN report has found.

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian land dedicated to the cultivation of coca leaves, a raw ingredient for cocaine, jumped 10% last year to reach the largest area in over two decades, a report by the ...