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

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

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.

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

Scientists warn that "flying rivers" — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across ...

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

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

Peru’s Indigenous Shawi people continue to contest a plan to build a highway through their territory in the country’s ...

Con operaciones en ocho regiones del Perú, la empresa peruana Amazonas Trading busca consolidar su presencia en el mercado ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of poisonous frog -- brightly colored and measuring just a few millimeters -- in the ...

¡Tensión en el Perú!; el Congreso de ese país trata las cuatro mociones de destitución presentadas contra la presidenta Dina ...