If you want to bring a souvenir back home from an international trip — say a coconut from a tropical island — you’re likely ...

The leader of an indigenous community in Peru asked for the government to declare a state of emergency on Monday and accused ...

There is a 'mismatch' between the importance of peatlands and their current level of protection, a new study warns.

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Chile’s biggest carnival is kicking off at full speed today. As many as 150,000 people have traveled to the northern Chilean ...

Non-consensual sterilisation of those considered genetically inferior persists in some parts of the world today ...

Paddington Bear wasn't even supposed to be from Peru. When writing the first book in the popular British series in 1958, ...

Three years ago, while exploring the Mojanda mountain range in Ecuador, a team of researchers from a local NGO and a ...

Policymakers and Indigenous leaders urge "decolonization" of coca laws, highlighting the leaf's cultural importance ahead of ...

Indigenous leader in Peru says illegal miners use children as ... reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to ...

Richard Annely spoke to us recently about his time studying at Chelsea College of Arts, his new role as Director of the Andes Art Foundation and the residency opportunities that the Foundation is ...

The Boiling River in the Peruvian Amazon is famous for its extreme temperatures that can boil animals alive. Geoscientist ...