Social media influencers pose a "new and increasing threat" for uncontacted indigenous people, a charity has warned after the ...

Ofelia Opocué’s life has been shaped by loss, she says. Twenty-three years ago, the FARC gave her family an ultimatum: leave ...

A deadline for Peruvian President Dina Boluarte to make changes or promulgate a bill that is being criticized as a project ...

Members of Indigenous communities blocked access to Glencore's Antapaccay copper mine in Peru's Cusco region to protest an ...

Indigenous communities protest the $1.8B expansion of Glencore's Antapaccay copper mine in Peru over environmental concerns.

You can't ride all the way to Machu Picchu but this trek through the Sacred Valley of the Incas puts you close. Here's what you'll see along the way.

The nation’s massive copper deposits are key to meeting growing global demand. A battle has emerged over who gets to mine and ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission met with the Peruvian authorities and other counterparts during March 11 – March 26 to discuss recent economic developments and policy priorities. This ...

Colombia has created a first-of-its-kind territory meant to protect a group of Indigenous people living between the Caquetá .

Grist spoke with five experts to understand what free, prior, and informed consent should look like in this new era of ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights ordered the Ecuadorian government to protect uncontacted Indigenous groups from oil operations and to leave oil in the ground underneath their lands ...

For Erick Alfredo Valerio Benavides, a 43-year-old Indigenous leader of the Iskonawa People from the Peruvian Amazon, the fight to protect the rainforest began with something deeply personal — his ...