For delicious local food and some of the best-rated restaurants in the world, head to this South American capital city, and ...

What comes to mind when folks think Peru is the historic Inca Machu Picchu. It certainly is a site to behold, but now they ...

On October 10, Peru’s deeply unpopular congress impeached the country’s even more unpopular President Dina Boluarte, who ...

The Amazon has been called a “tree of rivers” – multi-branched, intricate, connected – and in many ways, a cruise is the only way to really explore it.

Road projects in the Amazon could drive deforestation of millions of hectares over the next 20 years, environmental researchers said in a report on Thursday.

More than 100 indigenous activists in Peru´s Amazon occupied infrastructure belonging to the state-run Petroperú pipeline, the company said on Tuesday, demanding improved social benefits and health ...

A shooting at a concert in Peru's capital has intensified calls for President Dina Boluarte's removal. Lawmakers submitted ...

Earlier this week, a South American trade bloc ruled that Peru has violated its commitments to cracking down on illegal gold mining. This comes as the price of gold is skyrocketing. The World’s Host ...

The Amazon rainforest experienced its worst fire season in over two decades in 2024, with devastating consequences for both ...

On Oct. 7 in Brazil’s National Congress in Brasília, lawmakers, Indigenous leaders and civil society representatives gathered ...

The brightly colored species had been misidentified in museum records and field observations since 1988, according to a study.

Bishop Miguel Ángel Cadenas told the Associated Press that the situation was "delicate" and warned that mercury contamination ...