In Incan mythology, Mama Koka was the god of the coca plant which originally grew from her torn apart body. Today, coca ...

The coca plant has been cultivated in South America for thousands of years and used for a variety of ritual, spiritual, and ...

A person is killed every two hours in Ecuador and seven are kidnapped daily, according to government figures. That's why ...

“Stepan buys about 100 metric tons of dried Peruvian coca leaves each year, said Marco Castillo, spokesman for Peru’s state-owned National Coca Co.” The company which imports coca leaves ...

Peru, Argentina, Chile and Brazil are all home to restaurants considered to be some of the best in the world. We have found ...

For Indigenous peoples and local communities across Central and South America, financial opportunities from voluntary carbon ...

Three years ago, while exploring the Mojanda mountain range in Ecuador, a team of researchers from a local NGO and a ...

DECATUR — Jaylen R. Soules racked up a string of felony offenses after police said he pulled a gun and threatened to shoot his 20-year-old girlfriend. A sworn affidavit said she told police her ...

The private radio station Radio Programs del Peru said that the two deceased people belonged to a group of workers who were carrying out water collection work on the banks of the Santa River.