By Aimee Gabay An ongoing federal highway project that will cross through protected areas and Indigenous lands in Peru’s ...

Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon have urged the government to halt oil and gas projects that threaten their lands, ...

“Mashco,” he says quietly, referring to the Mashco-Piro tribe. He holds up his bow as if shooting, then moves his hand to the scar, closes his eyes, and grimaces to mimic pain. Peru’s Alto ...

The native of Peru is the kind of Customs worker who might inspect that souvenir coconut. Their main job is to prevent the spread of non-native diseases like bird flu and African swine fever that ...

Tarcila Rivera-Zea, a member of the Quechua community in Peru, has spent decades pushing for Native peoples to be heard. By Shivani Vora This article is part of a Women and Leadership special ...

PERU — If you want to bring a souvenir back home from an international trip — say a coconut from a tropical island — you’re likely to be inspected by a member of U.S. Customs and Border ...

There are at least 20 uncontacted tribes in Peru that live in the most remote, uncontacted regions of the Amazon rainforest, according to Survival International, an advocacy group for Indigenous ...