This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance. At the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues — ...

By Justin Catanoso Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, was as much a tireless advocate for nature as he was the ...

There has been a huge push to plant native trees across the Andes in recent years. And it’s been a success. This is episode 23 of Stories of Resistance, in honor of Earth Day.

In a world where mainstream music is often detached from politics or cultural identity, artists like Xiuhtezcatl Martínez ...

As Peruvian biologist Constantino Aucca Chutas sat chewing coca leaves with a local elder high in the Andes, his companion ...

Deusdedit Ruhangariyo ICT Around the World: Tree rings show mercury pollution from Peru's illegal mining, Air New Zealand ...

Mario Vargas Llosa, who has died at the age of 89 in his native Peru ... which became known as the Uchuraccay massacre.

Below are some of these names and their meaning. Arun is one of the funny native Indian names. What is hilarious about this name is the meaning behind it. It means an incredibly dense person who can ...

Ari Caramanica, Vanderbilt University (THE CONVERSATION) Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time ... So, they set about conscripting Indigenous labor and adapting the irrigation system to ...

The US State Department said on Tuesday it was aware of the killing by Israeli forces of a Palestinian American teenager in the West Bank and was seeking more information about the incident.