Periods of negotiation alternated with outbursts of violence in the Chapare, the sub-tropical region in which thousands of poor farmers produce most of the Bolivian coca that is destined for the ...

Mr Morales alleged the shots were fired while he was being driven in Bolivia’s coca leaf-growing region of Chapare, the ex-president's rural stronghold whose residents have blockaded the country ...

The government said police fired on the vehicle after coming under fire from Morales's convoy at a checkpoint set up to combat drug trafficking in Chapare, one of the country's main coca-growing ...