Colombia: Colombian Farmers Trade Coca for Dignity, Coffee, and a Future That Lasts

Oct 21, 2025
Latin American Post
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In the green hills of Naranjal, a small farming community in Colombia’s Valle del Cauca, the sound of chainsaws cutting down coca bushes has been replaced by the rustle of citrus leaves and the hiss of roasting coffee. Here, more than a hundred families are proving that replacing the drug economy isn’t about sermons or slogans—it’s about buyers, dignity, and time.