Colombia, whose President Gustavo Petro is a vocal critic of the US-led war on drugs, on Monday urged the UN to remove coca -- the main ingredient in cocaine -- from a list of harmful substances.

In 2011, President Evo Morales (the country's first Indigenous ruler and a former coca producer and union leader) notified the UN that Bolivia would be withdrawing from the convention. Morales ...

Colombia, whose President Gustavo Petro is a vocal critic of the US-led war on drugs, on Monday urged the UN to remove coca - ...

Colombia’s Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia asked the United Nations’ Commission on Narcotic Drugs to remove coca, the base ingredient of cocaine, from its list of harmful substances. At a commission ...