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

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 ...

“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 ...

Peru is one of the richest countries in culture ... What can we do to preserve our native languages? According to an official article published by the Ministry of Culture, there are a number ...

So it is with the behind-the-scenes story of the girl featured in this month’s article on Manú National Park in Peru. The girl’s name is Yoina. She’s a member of the Matsigenka tribe ...

Joint data from several Peruvian organizations has documented 831 oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon. There are at least 20 uncontacted tribes in Peru that live in the most remote, uncontacted regions ...