By Geraldine Santos Peru’s Indigenous Shawi people continue to contest a plan to build a highway through their territory in ...

By Yvette Sierra Praeli Indigenous territories and the people who defend them in the Peruvian Amazon face a litany of growing ...

In this undated photo provided by the Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the Eastern Amazon, a home belonging to an uncontacted Indigenous group is visible in the Loreto region of the Peruvian ...

Forming sustainable research partnerships with Indigenous peoples requires trust and mutual benefit, say microbiome ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A commission in Peru was scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to create a long-delayed reserve in a remote stretch of the Amazon that would protect five uncontacted tribes ...

A Catholic bishop in Peru’s Amazon is warning that mercury from illegal gold mining is contaminating rivers, fish and people ...

Researchers from the UAB and the UB are working with Indigenous Amazonian communities to understand health issues from a ...

One figure stressed that health risks are particularly acute in the Amazon, where access to medical services is scarce ...

GNI per capita $7,090 in 2023 (Chile $15,800, UK $47,700) Peru primarily exports raw materials, with China, the US and Canada ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peru’s Congress rejected Friday a proposal to create a long-delayed Amazon reserve meant to protect uncontacted Indigenous tribes living in voluntary isolation along the border ...