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 ...

More than 50 protesters were arrested. The coca-growing region of Chapare has emerged as the political bastion and refuge of ...

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 ...