As gold prices hover at record highs, a leading Catholic leader in Peru’s Amazon is urging countries that are destinations ...
A South American trade bloc has ruled that Peru is failing to curb illegal gold mining and mercury trafficking.
FILE - Boats sit on the shore of the Nanay River, a tributary of the Amazon, amid low water levels and drought in Iquitos, Peru, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Cesar Von Bancles, File) BOGOTA, Colombia (AP ...
By Geraldine Santos Peru’s Indigenous Shawi people continue to contest a plan to build a highway through their territory in ...
FILE - Cut down trees lie within view of the Cordillera Azul National Park, seen in the background near Chambira community, in Peru's Amazon, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo ...
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 ...
Scientists warn that “flying rivers” — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across ...
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 ...