As Linda Alvarado, a young Indigenous Yine leader, travels through the forest in the depths of the Peruvian Amazon, she ...

In conversation with Ana Margarita Flores and Marisol Mendez on multifaceted identities, belonging, and portraying the ...

Illegal gold mining in Peru's Loreto region has resulted in widespread mercury contamination, affecting nearly 80% of local inhabitants. Pregnant women and children are at significant risk, as mercury ...

UNESCO Peru, the Lima Art Museum (MALI), the Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University (UARM), the Graduate School of the Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (EPG of the UPC), and the Universidad ...

Indigenous and riverine communities in the Loreto region of the Peruvian Amazon have "chronic exposure" to mercury, according to a new study — and experts say the biggest culprit is gold mining in the ...

After quitting her corporate job in New York City, one woman is spending a year traveling solo through 12 countries.

Huamán Andía also received the Denny Prize for Distinction in Writing at St. Kate's annual faculty and staff awards ceremony ...

Mercury poisoning is associated with several health issues, including cognitive impairment in adults and irreversible ...

At the Wrightwood 659 gallery in Chicago, an expansive, century-spanning show charts the period of art when “homosexuality” ...

Each June, the residents of four Indigenous communities in Peru rebuild the last Incan rope bridge. This is episode 48 of Stories of Resistance.

War dominates The World We Saw Burning, an uncompromising novel from Peruvian journalist and writer Renato Cisneros (Charco ...