Peru’s Congress has rejected a long-delayed proposal to create the Yavari Mirim Indigenous Reserve. That's a 1.17 ...

By Maxwell Radwin Officials in Peru last week voted against a proposal to create an Indigenous reserve in the country’s Amazonian region, where isolated tribes face threats from logging, mining and ...

Madre de Dios is a remote southeastern Amazon region bordering Brazil and Bolivia. It is one of Peru’s most biodiverse areas, ...

Peru is considering whether to create the long-delayed Yavari Mirim Indigenous Reserve in a remote stretch of the Amazon that would protect five uncontacted tribes from outside encroachment.

The reserve had been proposed to protect Indigenous people living in isolation along the border with Brazil. Indigenous ...

The Mashco Piro, one of the largest uncontacted tribes in Peru's Amazon, face increased threats as a logging company builds a bridge into their territory. This development risks disease and conflict, ...

An estimated 7,000 Indigenous people live in voluntary isolation in the country’s Amazon forests, but they face increased ...

On International Indigenous Women's Day, the Peruvian government reaffirmed its commitment to continuing to bring State services closer to native women.

It wasn’t a class reunion that brought two Pleasant Valley High School alumni together. In 2006, Daniel Klopp was working from an orphanage in Lima, Peru, that provides a place and food for homeless ...

If you want to bring a souvenir back home from an international trip — say a coconut from a tropical island — you’re likely to be inspected by a member of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. This is a ...