In 2024, the political party Fuerza Popular in Loreto proposed a bill seeking to suspend official recognition of isolated ...

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

Coca leaves are still used in indigenous medicine and religious ceremonies. Andean people have chewed coca for thousands of years to stave off hunger and as a remedy for ailments from altitude ...

Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon have urged the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to stop oil and gas projects threatening their land, health, food security, and rights. They argue ...

Image courtesy of ORPIO. Peruvian law strictly forbids contacting these tribes; even researchers are not allowed to approach them. However, there have been unintended meetings with loggers ...