Peru is on the verge of rolling back several longstanding protections for Indigenous people and their territories, critics warn. Several bills working their way through Congress would loosen ...

Colorful Peru is not usually on the top 10 list of most American’s travel bucket lists but should be. It’s a country full of ...

This week, Peruvian officials are set to consider the creation of a sprawling reserve in the country’s Amazon basin to protect groups of Indigenous people living in isolation from the rest of society.

Leo XIV, the first pope born in the United States, is also claimed by the Peruvian people whom he served for over two decades as one of their own. Then known as Robert Francis Prevost, he lived and ...

LIMA, Peru — A powerful magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck a remote part of the Amazon jungle in Peru early Sunday, collapsing buildings and knocking out power to some areas but causing only one reported ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis took the unusual decision Wednesday to expel 10 people – a bishop, priests and laypeople -- from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation ...

This is part of Global Sounds, a collection of stories spotlighting the music trends forging connections in 2024. I still remember my first trip to Cusco in the Peruvian Andes as a kid. My grandmother ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — An explosion on a street in a northern Peruvian region plagued by organized crime injured at least 10 people and damaged 25 homes, authorities said Friday. Interior Minister Carlos ...

(The Conversation) — Peruvians − including non-Catholics, some members of the LGBTQ+ community and others who are marginalized − also revere the Virgen de la Puerta. (The Conversation) — Leo XIV, the ...