NUEVO JERUSALEM, Peru -- Tomás Maynas Carijano strolled through his tiny jungle farm, pinching leaves, shaking his head. The rain forest spread lushly in all directions -- covering what oil maps call ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The long-contested expansion of Peru’s main natural gas field has won final regulatory approval despite U.N. concerns that it could endanger Amazon tribes living in voluntary ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian Amazon Indian leaders are warning of renewed protests, alleging Friday that the government has not honored promises made in the aftermath of June violence that left at least ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) – Members of an Indian tribe that has long lived in voluntary isolation in Peru’s southeastern Amazon attempted to make contact with outsiders for a second time since 2011, leading to ...

In a conciliatory move, Peru’s government promised Amazon Indians on Monday to ask Congress to revoke decrees that native groups say would make it easier to exploit their lands for oil, gas and other ...

After years of allegations of land dispossession by a now-dissolved Catholic group, the highest ecclesiastical authorities in ...

The Catholic Church in Peru held a reparation ceremony to apologize for historical land dispossession affecting Indigenous ...

Indian police are set to file a criminal case against KLM Royal Dutch Airlines following a two-year legal battle by a family that spent £40,000 on tickets to Peru but were denied boarding by the flag ...

LIMA, Peru — Peru’s government doesn’t provide adequate care for pregnant women in the impoverished highlands and jungle, a failure reflected in one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Evidence is mounting that unchecked logging in the Peruvian Amazon is pushing some of the world's last isolated tribes into Brazil, increasing conflicts over land and food, ...