Coca May Have Permanently Taken Root in Central America
Honduran and Guatemalan authorities are eradicating record amounts of coca plants, further evidence of the coca’s expansion beyond the traditional…
Peace Leaders in Putumayo, Colombia Bet Their Lives on Coca Crop Substitution
Community leaders in Colombia’s Putumayo department have historically supported coca substitution programs as part of peace processes aimed at resolving…
Guatemala Sees Record Coca, But No Cocaine
A radical increase in coca eradication in Guatemala has raised questions about the country’s potential role as a cocaine producer,…
Coca Cultivation Grows in Guerrero, Mexico, but Scalability Remains Doubtful
The rapid expansion of coca leaf plantations in Mexico’s southwestern state of Guerrero is the latest indication that criminal groups…
Lake Titicaca: A Smuggler’s Paradise in Bolivia and Peru
Lake Titicaca, nestled high in the Andean mountains between Bolivia and Peru, has been many things to many people. The…