Bolivia Pushes to Reclaim the Coca Leaf From the Stigma of Cocaine

Scritto il 13/10/2025
da Genevieve Glatsky and Sara Wayra

Long criminalized as the raw material for cocaine, coca is woven into Bolivian life. The government is lobbying the U.N. to ease international restrictions.Marilin Catari, 57, who has worked her whole life in the coca trade, walking to tend to her coca leaf crop in the community of Arapata, Bolivia.