BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — As gold prices hover at record highs, a leading Catholic leader in Peru’s Amazon is urging countries that are destinations for the precious metal to help stem illegal mining ...

Pedro Tolomeo Rojas, known as Monky, enters his studio in Lima on Oct. 21, 2024. Monky was a pioneer in the making of the posters that publicize cumbia concerts and are now considered chicha art. His ...

Women in Indigenous communities living near artisanal and small-scale gold mining operations in Peru and Nicaragua have high levels of mercury in their hair, a new analysis suggests. Researchers say ...

A prominent Catholic leader in Peru’s Amazon is urgently appealing to countries that import gold to help curb illegal mining, which is severely polluting rivers with mercury as gold prices reach ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A South American trade bloc ruled Monday that Peru is failing to meet its commitments to curb illegal gold mining and mercury trafficking, siding with Indigenous groups who say ...

A pair of British women arrived on Australia's east coast on Saturday after a gruelling six-month journey rowing across the Pacific Ocean from Peru. Jess Rowe and Miriam Payne crewed their boat in two ...

Oct 7 (Reuters) - Canadian miner Hudbay Minerals (HBM.TO), opens new tab said on Tuesday it has resumed operations at its Constancia mine in Peru, weeks after halting output due to local protests and ...

MIAMI COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) — One woman has died and four others are injured after a collision in Peru, Indiana. Just after 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, three different police entities responded to a crash ...

Conservative lawmaker is 38 Sworn into presidency after swift political rise Has already faced controversies LIMA, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Peru's new president Jose Jeri, who vaulted into power late on ...

This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across Latin America, a visual report across six countries developed over several years, covering the people, places and cultures that keep this music genre ...

The mayor of Lima, Peru, held a Charlie Kirk memorial — filled with attendees bused in from poor neighborhoods — as he sought help from the Trump administration. Images of Charlie Kirk projected ...