Mexico has reopened the case of a 73-year-old indigenous woman who died after allegedly being raped by members of the military 13 years ago during the so-called war on drugs, the government said on ...

BOGOTA (Reuters) -Peruvian President Dina Boluarte's tenure was marked by turmoil from the moment she assumed power, but the ...

Mawé, a 24-year-old biology student, has one guiding belief - if the rainforest dies so will her Amazon tribe.

Authorities in Peru have detained a 20-year-old man on accusations that he ordered the brutal, livestreamed torture and ...

Mark Porter heads to Kyrgyzstan, to find out why it's known as the 'Switzerland' of Central Asia, with its vast forests, ...

An aerial view of the Nanay River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Iquitos, Peru, Sept. 10, 2024 (AP photo by Cesar Von Bancles). LIMA, Peru—Pressed up against the remote jungle border with Brazil’s ...

The proposed Yavarí Mirim Indigenous Reserve would have protected an area a fifth the size of Ireland in the Peruvian Amazon, home to several Indigenous communities living in isolation. Last week, a ...

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 ...