COROICO, Bolivia, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Coca leaf production in the South American Andean nations is booming, thanks in part to a steep rise in cocaine demand from Brazil, local officials say.
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 17 (UPI) -- A large-scale coca plant and cocaine production operations have been discovered in Brazil, the first of their kind, authorities said
BRUSSELS, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The European Union Thursday stepped up pressure on Bolivia to crack down on cocaine production and warned against expanding coca-fields for legitimate use.
LA PAZ, Bolivia, June 14 (UPI) -- The production of coca -- the plant used to make cocaine - rose by three percent in 2004 in three of the world's top coca producing countries.
LA PAZ, Bolivia, June 13 (UPI) -- Former Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada said that the presence of Colombian narcotraffickers in Bolivia was contributing to the nation's troubles.
WASHINGTON, March 4 (UPI) -- A decline in estimated coca leaf production was tempered by a near-double increase in opium cultivation in 2004, a U.S. drugs report released Friday said.
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A Bolivian opposition leader claims the United States has launched a conspiracy of upheaval by distorting coca production figures.
BOGATA, Colombia, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S.-financed aerial eradication of Colombia's vast coca fields appears to be working, the United Nations says.
EL TOPACIO, Colombia, June 8 (UPI) -- The amount of coca grown in Colombia is falling sharply, largely the result of an aggressive, U.S.-backed aerial fumigation campaign.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Cultivation of Colombia's coca crop has fallen for the first time since 2000, when the United States began an intensive program to eradicate the crops. Coca production is continuing to rise, however, in Bolivia and Peru.
