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November 6, 2025 | Ministry of Cultures of Colombia
Exhibition at the United Nations Reclaims the Traditional Uses, Scientific Value, and Spiritual Importance of the Coca Leaf.
The Sacred Plant: Detoxifying Narratives Around the Coca Leaf is an initiative of the Permanent Missions of Colombia and Bolivia to the UN, supported by the Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Knowledge of Colombia.
November 13, 2024 | El Molino Informativo | Mexico – USA
For the Full Decriminalization of the Coca Leaf, Artists from Colombia and Bolivia Exhibit at the United Nations
By Sammie Seamon.
November 13, 2024 | La Tempestad | México
Detoxifying the Narrative of Coca
An exhibition at the United Nations headquarters in New York calls for a review of the legal status of the coca leaf. Chronicle by A. R. Melgoza.
November 5, 2024 | El Espectador | Colombia
Colombia Takes Over the United Nations Headquarters to Remove the Stigma from the Coca Leaf
This week in New York, COCAWORLDS opened, an exhibition that seeks to reclaim the cultural and political value of the coca plant and to open a critical space within the United Nations to rethink and challenge the stigmas imposed on the plant.
November 5, 2024 | Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations
Colombia’s Mission to the UN Launches the Agenda “The Sacred Plant: Detoxifying Narratives Around the Coca Leaf” at the United Nations.
In 2023, the Plurinational State of Bolivia led a request to the World Health Organization (WHO) to initiate a critical review of the classification of the coca leaf, and in 2024, the Government of Colombia joined this request.
October 27, 2024 | La Cometa Gallery | USA
COCAWOR(L)DS: an exhibition to vindicate the sacred, political and cultural value of the coca plant
The Government of Colombia and Colectivo Liana present Coca, Palabra-Mundo, an exhibition co-sponsored by the Mission of Bolivia to the UN and supported by Open Society Foundations.
May 10, 2024 | El Espectador | Colombia
A Colombian exhibition in New York to reflect on the coca plant
A collective made up of Colombian researchers and artists is presenting an exhibition in New York about the coca plant, which reflects beyond the narratives of the war on drugs.
March 6, 2024 | Semana Magazine | Colombia
Colombians Arrive in New York to Change Perceptions of the Coca Leaf Through an Artistic Proposal
Through visual artworks, audiovisual installations, and silk textiles dyed with coca leaves, a collective of Colombian artists will present, starting March 8 in Harlem, an exhibition that seeks to reframe the coca plant beyond its illicit use.
Abril 17, 2024 | Revista Bacánika | Colombia
COCAWORLDS: Art to Think About Coca Beyond Cocaine
A collective of Colombian artists and researchers launches an exhibition in New York to spark new conversations around the coca plant, challenging the reductionist and harmful visions produced by the cocaine trade. A look at the ideas, spaces, and artworks that come together through their research and curatorial practice.
