By Joseph BENSONAcross Ghana’s river basins, the damage of illegal small-scale mining, or galamsey, is visible from space.

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Having studied the healing plants and peoples of tropical South America for well over four decades, I am often asked, “What ...

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Near a remote bend of the Patoyacu River in Peru's northern Amazon, Wilmer Macusi stood atop a rusty pipeline cutting through ...

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In an interview that aired Tuesday on Fox News, Trump said he intended to go through with his threat to sue the BBC. The ...

Built in Birkenhead in 1904, the ship served in the Peruvian navy’s Amazon flotilla and has been on show at a museum since 2015. On the first day of her visit, the duchess met with women from the ...

A passenger bus has fallen into a deep ravine in southern Peru, killing at least 37 people and injuring 13 more. Authorities ...