The bishop sat quietly near the front row, hands folded, listening as Indigenous leaders and church workers spoke about the ...

Cassava’s many assets would seem to make it the ideal crop, except for one drawback: It’s highly poisonous. Human ingenuity ...

For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with ...

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

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Thursday by the conclave to serve as pope, becoming Pope Leo XIV at the age of 69. Prevost, a missionary who dedicated his career to ministry in Peru ...

Diplomatic Courier’s Stephanie Gull brings you weekly under–the–radar stories from around the world. This week in the ...

Peru’s Marañón River was granted personhood in 2024, a decade after I made her personal acquaintance. In 2015 I spent two ...

The Madeira River, the largest tributary of the Amazon, has been losing water flow over the last 20 years while facing severe ...

At least two crew members have been confirmed dead and one person remains missing after a Peruvian navy vessel collided with ...

A Peruvian navy vessel collided with an oil platform operated by Perenco on the Amazon River, resulting in two deaths and one ...

This is the second of three interviews with Indigenous representatives attending the 2025 U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous ...

A Peruvian navy vessel collided with an oil platform operated by Perenco on the Amazon River leaving two people dead and one ...