Gonzalo cuts coca paste into pieces ready to sell while his wife observes at their home. Gonzalo says he gets about $900 for a kilo of finished coca paste. The US has pressured Colombia over the ...

Something is happening in the illegal business of growing coca leaf and selling its paste that takes place in what some call the “invisible Colombia.” These are the lands that extend beyond ...

But coca cultivation in Colombia is immense. The country is believed to produce more coca than Peru and Bolivia, the second- and third-largest producers, combined. US and Colombian officials have ...