"My life was cut short," Loayza told AFP, recounting how her partner abandoned her over the procedure, which also left her ...

Three Indigenous communities in Peru’s Amazon are no longer engaging in unsustainable or illegal forest activities to make ...

Peru withdrew on Monday its ambassador to Bolivia, Fernando Rojas, in protest against Bolivian President Evo Morales calling the June 5 deaths of indigenous people in north Peru “genocide”.

YURIMAGUAS, Peru – The Sacred Headwaters Alliance brings together 30 indigenous peoples of the upper Amazon in Ecuador and Peru, who are self-organising to defend a forest devastated by ...

Rivera Zea founded Chirapaq (Center of Indigenous Cultures of Peru) to support the cultural reaffirmation of Indigenous peoples with a strong human rights approach. The organization, now a leading ...