In Peru’s Amazon, Indigenous communities face growing threats from organized crime, yet are largely invisible to the state, says a new report.

The past decade has seen “a consistent, sustained pattern against people who speak out against" human rights abuses ...

Peru’s state-run oil company failed to attract any bids to develop an oil field that overlaps ancestral territories of several Indigenous groups.

For its next show, it’s presenting El viento will bring us home, a solo show by Peruvian artist Blas Isasi, addressing issues ...

When the Invicta mine opened and its trucks began to rumble up and down the windy roads with precious metals extracted from deep inside, the people of Parán said, “No.” This is episode 39 of Stories ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon who are calling for the government to stop oil and gas projects in their territory took their case to an international human rights ...

In October 2024, Asociación ANDES (Peru) and IIED launched a new project with support from the Ford Foundation to scale up ...

Pope Leo XIV has no illusions about power. He did not seek high office. His heart was shaped by those he served: by farmers, ...

Colombia has taken a major step in Indigenous rights by formally recognizing Indigenous councils as local governments across parts of the Amazon.