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MMG and Hudbay Minerals executives met with Peru's cabinet chief Eduardo Arana on Thursday to warn that production at their copper mines could be affected if a two-week protest by informal miners ...
The Amazon Soy Moratorium, a sectoral agreement which protects the Brazilian Amazon from deforestation, is under threat.
Assets worth over $64 million were seized and 94 people arrested as part of a multinational law enforcement operation ...
Peru’s forests have long faced a growing threat of deforestation. In recent months, environmental groups have spoken out ...
Known as Peñico, the city is now open to tourists. It was once a vibrant urban center that connected coastal, mountain and ...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of ...
Human Rights Watch has warned that Peru's Congress is seriously undermining the judicial system's ability to combat organized ...
How Peru’s Legislature is Allowing Organized Crime to Thrive,” details how recent legislative actions and decisions by ...
Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing ...
As part of a broader crime wave in Peru that began during the COVID-19 pandemic, gangs have begun targeting private schools in poorer neighborhoods for extortion. We hear how administrators and ...
In Peru, oil palm production has not been free from controversy, mainly because its expansion has often come at the expense of deforestation and has created conflict with Indigenous communities ...
A protected wildlife refuge in Nicaragua has suffered a wave of deforestation in recent years, fueled by controversial land deals allowing settlers to clear the rainforest for farming, mining and ...