Researchers and advocacy groups say Peru's planned mining deregulation could intensify conflicts with artisanal miners and ...

A new genetic analysis of hundreds of cacao trees representing traditional Amazonian varieties grown on farms across Peru has ...

NUEVO JERUSALEM, Peru -- Tomás Maynas Carijano strolled through his tiny jungle farm, pinching leaves, shaking his head. The rain forest spread lushly in all directions -- covering what oil maps call ...

Rivers and fish are being poisoned with mercury, forests are felled and land devastated as illegal mining, fuelled in part by ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The long-contested expansion of Peru’s main natural gas field has won final regulatory approval despite U.N. concerns that it could endanger Amazon tribes living in voluntary ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) – Members of an Indian tribe that has long lived in voluntary isolation in Peru’s southeastern Amazon attempted to make contact with outsiders for a second time since 2011, leading to ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian Amazon Indian leaders are warning of renewed protests, alleging Friday that the government has not honored promises made in the aftermath of June violence that left at least ...

Indian police are set to file a criminal case against KLM Royal Dutch Airlines following a two-year legal battle by a family that spent £40,000 on tickets to Peru but were denied boarding by the flag ...