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 ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The long-contested expansion of Peru’s main natural gas field has won final regulatory approval despite U.N. concerns that it could endanger Amazon tribes living in voluntary ...

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

LIMA, Peru (AP) – Members of an Indian tribe that has long lived in voluntary isolation in Peru’s southeastern Amazon attempted to make contact with outsiders for a second time since 2011, leading to ...

LIMA, Peru -- When Dina Paucar takes to the stage, swathed in 40 pounds of petticoats and singing of love, hope and her Andean home town, she represents much more than just a pop craze. The singer's ...

A South American trade bloc has ruled that Peru is failing to curb illegal gold mining and mercury trafficking.

Peruvian Amazon Indian leaders are warning of renewed protests, alleging Friday that the government has not honored promises made in the aftermath of June violence that left at least 23 police and 10 ...

Peru’s culinary popularity masks shocking inequality and food insecurity among the country’s indigenous peoples.

Boluarte, a 63-year-old mother of two from a village in the mountainous region of Apurimac, was elected as vice-president in ...

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, ...