A Quechua-speaking Peruvian woman weaves a runner. Peru is the second biggest cocaine producer after Colombia, responsible for more than a quarter of global output, the United Nations says; 100 indigenous communities in the central Amazon region have been threatened in recent years by invading coca farmers who grow the crop for drug trafficking gangs.

First published in the July 03, 2022, 10:31 a.m. edition

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