Colombia announced a limited test of aerial coca spraying in Putumayo using glufosinate-ammonium, its first since 2015. A local court suspended the plan a day later.

Ethnobotanist Chris Kilham toured Peru’s state coca company ENACO and says its decocainized coca leaf extract could become a supplement ingredient — if shipping carriers can be persuaded to move it.

Magdalena Biosciences says a coca leaf extract prevented weight gain in mice on a high-fat diet without cutting food intake, in a 20-day study at the University of Calgary.

Colombian chefs are cooking with coca flour in tamales, pastries and pasta, including a 2024 Reto Coca event backed by the country’s Ministry of Justice with 14 participating chefs.

A friar at Florence’s San Marco convent has found a 19th-century flyer for a coca leaf and kola nut wine tonic, reviving questions about Coca-Cola’s ancestry.

Bolivia readmitted the DEA in February 2026 after nearly eighteen years, and officials now link the country’s blockades to trafficking money — without presenting public evidence.

Peru’s foreign minister says the new Fujimori government will seek entry into Trump’s Shield of the Americas security coalition, with Colombia expected to join in August.

The WHO’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence declined to recommend separating the coca leaf’s international classification from cocaine’s, rejecting a request initiated by Bolivia in 2023 and backed by Colombia.

Power Leaves has completed a reverse takeover of Atmofizer Technologies and expects to list on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the ticker NASA, selling decocainized coca leaf derivatives.