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 ...

The government of President Rodrigo Paz said it will push to revise Bolivia's legal framework for coca leaf cultivation after too much was grown.

A worker puts labels on coca leaf-flavored beer bottles at El Viejo Roble liqueurs in La Paz, Bolivia, on May 3. The distillery has been making liquor from coca leaves for years and is now gearing up ...

Bolivia’s government said it will not allow Brazilian police to eradicate illegal coca crops within its borders, resisting Brazil’s increased efforts to police drug trafficking in the region. In ...

President Evo Morales is not known as a friend of Washington — his left-wing politics, like those of his ally Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, often put him at odds with the Bush Administration. But ...

Bolivian president Evo Morales has pledged to boost production of the coca leaf, which is mostly used to make cocaine but also has legitimate uses. Morales, a former coca farmer, wants to more markets ...

Bolivia is the third largest coca-producing country in the world. Although the illegal drug trade has given coca a bad reputation, indigenous people have used it for centuries as medicine, food and a ...

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Buzz is building around a new star beverage in Bolivia, where the coca leaf has long been legal despite the U.N.’s blanket prohibition due to the plant’s association with cocaine. TRINIDAD PAMPA, ...

TRINIDAD PAMPA, Bolivia (AP) — Buzz is building around a new star beverage in Bolivia, where the coca leaf has long been legal despite the U.N.’s blanket prohibition due to the plant’s association ...