Rural area "La Paz" Guaviare, Colombia. Overview of a field planted with coca leaf variety "dulceamarga" (bitter sweet) in the region of La Paz, in the Guaviare. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area "La Paz" Guaviare, Colombia. Raul Angel Cuadros, grower of coca leaf walks with his oldest son on his farm in the "La Paz", Guaviare. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area Puerto Colombia, Guaviare, Colombia. A child plays in a hammock in the area of Puerto Colombia, Guaviare. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area "La Paz", Guaviare, Colombia. Felix Otto Forero collects coca leaves in a farm located within the Nukak National Natural Reserve in Guaviare. Otto has over 20 years doing this work and so has brought forward his family. The raspachines protect your hands with nets that entangle fabrics in her fingers. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
ZonRural area "La Paz" Guaviare, Colombia. Coca cultivation in the Nukak National Wildlife Reserve in the department of Guaviare, Colombia. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area "La Paz" Guaviare, Colombia. Francisco Manuel Garcia (r) and Otto Felix Forero (l) make a pause in the jungle, after finishing their workday as "raspachines" or coca pickers, who performed for over 20 years. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area of "La Paz", Guaviare, Colombia. Don Nelo has over 20 years collecting coca leaf. He is from Itsmina, Chocó, on the Colombian Pacific. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area "La Paz", Guaviare, Colombia. Otto Felix Forero collects coca leaves in a farm located within the Nukak National Natural Reserve in Guaviare. Otto has over 20 years doing this work and so has brought forward his family. 5 years ago in Bogotá he worked as a construction worker, but did not earn the same as being "raspachín" or picker. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area of "La Paz", Guaviare, Colombia. A pile of coca leaves of the variety "Dulceamarga" after being picked up on a farm in the Nukak National Natural Reserve in the Guaviare. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area "La Paz", Guaviare, Colombia. Otto takes a load of more than 60 kilos of coca leaf in the Nukak National Natural Reserve in Guaviare. Otto has over 20 years doing this work and so has brought forward his family. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area "La Paz" Guaviare, Colombia. Aida Rodriguez Sanchez and his son Estiven on his farm in the La Paz, Guaviare. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area "El Tandil", Nariño, Colombia. A girl studies at home in the middle of coca leaf crops, in the area of "El Tandil", Nariño, Colombia, where anti-narcotics police shot and killed more than 7 coca growers in confusing events that occurred in October of 2017. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area "La Paz" Guaviare, Colombia. A man mixes a mixture of coca leaves, gasoline, cement, acids and other chemicals, as part of the manufacture of coca base. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area "El Tandil", Nariño, Colombia. A man shakes with his hand a preparation of coca leaves, gasoline, cement and other chemicals as part of the manufacture of coca base, in an unknown location in the middle of the rural area of "El Tandil", Nariño, Colombia. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area "La Paz" Guaviare, Colombia. Final combination of the extract of coca leaves, cement, lime and other chemicals with sulfuric acid that gives the coca base as an intermediate result. Rural Area of "La Paz", Guaviare, Colombia. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural Area of "La Paz", Guaviare, Colombia. Freshly prepared coca base, this is used as currency in coca growing areas. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Bogotá, Colombia. Dosage of cocaine, belonging to Andrés Cuestas or "Putapunk", a drug consumer in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. @ Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Bogotá, Colombia. Andrés Cuestas or "Putapunk", a drug consumer, applies an injection of cocaine (a very rare form of consumption in Colombia) in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. @ Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Bogotá, Colombia. Alejandra Rodríguez and Sebastián Heredia (not in the photo) are habitual consumers of heroin. They work from home in a call center of a foreign company. Bogota Colombia. @ Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Bogotá, Colombia. Alejandra Rodríguez greets her daughter through a video call, she is a habitual consumer of heroin and work from your home in a call center of a foreign company. @ Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Bogotá, Colombia. Alejandra Rodríguez is a habitual consumer of heroin. Live and work with his boyfriend Sebastián Heredia. Both work in a call center of a foreign company. @ Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area of "El Tandil", Nariño, Colombia. Place where anti-narcotics members opened fire on coca growers and inhabitants of the area, killing 7 people. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area of "El Playón", Nariño, Colombia. A couple of women cry at the funeral of 26-year-old Janier Usperto, murdered by the Colombian anti-narcotics police in the "El Tandil" area. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area of "El Playón", Nariño, Colombia. A relatives cry at the funeral of 26-year-old Janier Usperto, murdered by the Colombian anti-narcotics police in the "El Tandil" area. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Rural area of "El Playón", Nariño, Colombia. A relatives cry at the funeral of 26-year-old Janier Usperto, murdered by the Colombian anti-narcotics police in the "El Tandil" area. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
La Montañita, Caquetá, Colombia. A group of peasants voluntarily eradicate the coca bush in a "Minga" or collective effort of the community, prior agreement with the national government in the framework of the PNIS (National Program of Substitution of Illicit Use Crops) in the area of Carmen Bajo in the municipality of La Montañita, Caquetá, Colombia.© Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
La Montañita, Caquetá, Colombia. A group of peasants voluntarily eradicate the coca bush in a "Minga" or collective effort of the community, prior agreement with the national government in the framework of the PNIS (National Program of Substitution of Illicit Use Crops) in the area of Carmen Bajo in the municipality of La Montañita, Caquetá, Colombia.© Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
La Montañita, Caquetá, Colombia. A group of peasants voluntarily eradicate the coca bush in a "Minga" or collective effort of the community, prior agreement with the national government in the framework of the PNIS (National Program of Substitution of Illicit Use Crops) in the area of Carmen Bajo in the municipality of La Montañita, Caquetá, Colombia. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
La Montañita, Caquetá, Colombia. A group of peasants voluntarily eradicate the coca bush in a "Minga" or collective effort of the community, prior agreement with the national government in the framework of the PNIS (National Program of Substitution of Illicit Use Crops) in the area of Carmen Bajo in the municipality of La Montañita, Caquetá, Colombia. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
La Montañita, Caquetá, Colombia.. Hans Anderson Figueroa, 23 years old, chatted at dusk in the farm "La Isla" SAS, which is a milk producer in the inspection of "El Triunfo" in the municipality of La Montañita, Caquetá, Colombia.
Since the peace agreement was signed the situation has changed, since there are no battles or clashes between the army and the FARC guerrillas, but they are still waiting for the government to fulfill the promises and commitments. what he has done with the peasants. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Nabusimake, Cesar, Colombia. Daniela Villafaña and his cousin of the Arhuaco ethnic group, collect coca leaf for the daily ceremonies that this population has.
The coca leaf is fundamental for the cultural development of the peoples of the Sierra Nevada of Colombia, as well as for other peoples throughout Colombia and South America.
It is not considered a drug but a sacred plant and in that sense the natives profess a deep respect. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Nabusimake, Cesar, Colombia. Daniela Villafaña of the Arhuaco ethnic group, shows in her hands coca leaves for the daily ceremonies her people have.
The coca leaf is fundamental for the cultural development of the peoples of the Sierra Nevada of Colombia, as well as for other peoples throughout Colombia and South America.
It is not considered a drug but a sacred plant and in that sense the natives profess a deep respect.
Nabusimake, Cesar, Colombia. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Nabusimake, Cesar, Colombia. Joaquín Robles of the Arhuaco ethnic group, cook coca leaves for the daily ceremonies that their people have.
The coca leaf is fundamental for the cultural development of the peoples of the Sierra Nevada of Colombia, as well as for other peoples throughout Colombia and South America.
It is not considered a drug but a sacred plant and in that sense the natives profess a deep respect. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Nabusimake, Cesar, Colombia. Mr. Isaías Torres Villafaña is an indigenous of the Arhuaco ethnic group, uses coca leaves to communicate with his ancestors through the "poporo", where he combines lime, crushed sea shells and coca leaves, in a recipe that this ethnic group has been using for many generations.
The coca leaf is fundamental for the cultural development of the peoples of the Sierra Nevada of Colombia, as well as for other peoples throughout Colombia and South America.
It is not considered a drug but a sacred plant and in that sense the natives profess a deep respect. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
Nabusimake, Cesar, Colombia. Mr. Isaías Torres Villafaña is an indigenous of the Arhuaco ethnic group, uses coca leaves to communicate with his ancestors through the "poporo", where he combines lime, crushed sea shells and coca leaves, in a recipe that this ethnic group has been using for many generations.
The coca leaf is fundamental for the cultural development of the peoples of the Sierra Nevada of Colombia, as well as for other peoples throughout Colombia and South America.
It is not considered a drug but a sacred plant and in that sense the natives profess a deep respect. © Juan Manuel Barrero Bueno.
