In the latest of a series of public demonstrations against gender-based violence in Latin America, some 50,000 women’s rights advocates…
This year’s winter in Peru has been particularly harsh. At least 105 people have died and thousands of children have…
Landscape architects are using their work to tackle global issues such as sustainability, climate change, mental health, mosquito-borne disease and…
Just weeks after his election, President-elect Pablo Kuczynski demonstrated his commitment to tackling inequality and poverty in the Andean nation.…
Last year was the deadliest yet for activists seeking to protect their land, forests and rivers from destructive industries like…
Over the past few decades, Peru has become something of a poster child for the World Bank, rising from a…
Peru’s government has declared a two-month state of emergency across a broad region of Amazonian jungle because of mercury contamination,…
Thousands of people in the northern Peruvian jungle are facing a water-quality emergency after the rupture of two major oil…
Ecuador and Peru have agreed to create what is being dubbed the region’s first bi-national biosphere reserve on their shared…
Livestock, cash support and training help the ultra-poor escape extreme poverty. A new research paper combining findings from studies on what…