Nine years ago, a discovery was made about a place called Caral in northern Peru that transformed the understanding of human history in the Americas. To get to Caral...

First, the police fire tear gas, then rubber bullets. As protesters flee, they move on to live rounds. One man, wearing only a pair of shorts, stops to raise his hands...

Faced with a simmering crisis over dozens of deaths in the quelling of indigenous protests last week, Peru’s Congress this week suspended the decrees that had set off...

The leader of Peru’s Amazon Indians will be flown to exile in Nicaragua after seeking asylum following violent demonstrations that killed scores of police and...

The South American country of Peru is in a state of emergency. For four days, National Police forces have engaged Amazonian Indians in the peasant town of Bagua Grande....

President Alan García struggled over the weekend to defuse a protest by Amazon indigenous groups that left more than 50 police and Indians dead. The demonstrations...

Hundreds of indigenous protesters were holding 38 police hostage early on Saturday in Peru’s Amazon jungle after fights between tribes and police killed up to 33...

Pursuing its endeavor to reduce air pollution in Lima (Peru), Tierra Nuestra SAC has installed its first air purifier, called the Super Tree, in the district of...

Ashaninka and Yines Indians are blocking an airport in the central Peruvian jungle town of Atalaya as well as two stations on a northern oil pipeline to protest laws...

Venezuela has recalled its ambassador in Lima to protest Peru’s decision to grant political asylum to a prominent opponent of President Hugo Chavez.

Peru is granting asylum to a Venezuelan opposition leader who says he is a victim of political persecution by President Hugo Chavez’s government.

Interpol has issued a notice seeking the arrest of a leading opponent of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who has requested political asylum in Peru, a Venezuelan...

Venezuela’s government urged Peruvian authorities on Thursday to arrest a leading opponent of President Hugo Chavez who is seeking political asylum in Lima.

A Venezuelan court has ordered the arrest of a key opponent of President Hugo Chavez who has fled to Peru and is seeking political asylum, prosecutors in Caracas said...

A Venezuelan court has ordered the arrest of a key opponent of Venezuelan President Hugo who has fled to Peru seeking political asylum, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Venezuelan prosecutors say a court has asked Interpol to detain a leading opponent of President Hugo Chavez who is seeking political asylum in Peru.

A Venezuelan opposition leader who says he is a victim of political persecution by President Hugo Chavez’s government has requested political asylum in Peru, one...

A Peruvian lawyer says Venezuelan opposition leader Manuel Rosales has requested political asylum in Peru.

Peru’s foreign minister says embattled Venezuelan opposition leader Manuel Rosales is in Peru but has not requested political asylum.

Peruvian officials say 13 farmers escaped unharmed from a mudslide in rural Peru, leaving just one person unaccounted for.