Marcio Verá Mirim grew up listening to a family story. His grandfather, a leader of the semi-nomadic Guarani Mbyá Indigenous ...

Summary: Scientists have uncovered evidence that the domestication of potatoes in the Andes influenced the evolution of human metabolism. A new study suggests ancient potato farming in the Andes may ...

White sage burning, Norma Meza Calles gathers guests at a Mexican wellness resort into a semicircle facing Kuuchamaa Mountain ...

Indigenous organizations from across the Amazon and Latin America have sent a letter to the United Nations warning that organized crime — including illegal mining, drug trafficking and logging — is ...

Pressure from Washington helped drive a disputed deal forward, triggering resignations and raising questions about sovereignty. By Mitra Taj and Genevieve Glatsky Mitra Taj reported from Lima, Peru, ...

An un-contacted tribe in the Amazon has emerged from the jungle (Image: AFP/Getty Images) They hunt with their hands, kill violently with arrows, and have never encountered the modern world. Deep ...

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Members of the Kakataibo Indigenous Guard who patrol the Peruvian Amazon, watching for coca crops being planted in the rainforest — a source of deforestation, violence, and bloodshed on their land.

Isolated indigenous tribes deep in the Amazon rainforests of Peru are seeing the crop used to make cocaine spread into their lands from drug traffickers seeking more territory for cultivation. With ...

Social media influencers are posing a 'growing threat' to the survival of uncontacted tribes, campaigners have warned. Content creators are in constant competition with each other to create the most ...

An aerial view of the Nanay River, a tributary of the Amazon, in Iquitos, Peru, Sept. 10, 2024 (AP photo by Cesar Von Bancles). LIMA, Peru—Pressed up against the remote jungle border with Brazil’s ...

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Peru's Congress on Friday rejected a proposal to create a long-delayed Amazon reserve meant to protect uncontacted Indigenous tribes living in voluntary isolation along the border ...