VIENNA (AP) — Bolivia’s president says the coca leaf is not cocaine, defending the practice of chewing it after securing de-facto U.N. acceptance of it in his country. Evo Morales says chewing the ...

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 her ...

VIENNA (AP) – Bolivian President Evo Morales urged a 53-nation U.N. narcotics control meeting Monday to accept his push for legalization of coca-leaf chewing and growing in his country for traditional ...

YUNGAS, Bolivia — Tomas Zavala performs a ritual ahead of each workday in his coca field. Deep in the lush green mountains of Bolivia’s Yungas region, the 69-year-old farmer closes his eyes, faces the ...

TRINIDAD PAMPA, Bolivia (AP) — If it were anywhere else in South America, the nondescript house with buckets of coca leaves soaking in liquid could be mistaken for a clandestine cocaine lab. But this ...

YUNGAS, Bolivia (AP) — Tomas Zavala performs a ritual ahead of each workday in his coca field. Deep in the lush green mountains of Bolivia’s Yungas region, the 69-year-old farmer closes his eyes, ...

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YUNGAS, Bolivia (AP) — Tomas Zavala performs a ritual ahead of each workday in his coca field. “The coca leaf is the core of our survival,” Zavala said. “If we work the land without permission, it ...