:: "This type of event has been occurring throughout the seven provinces of our region of Amazonas. The fires have affected about 53,000 hectares (130,965 acres) so far, but we still need to quantify ...

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake has left a large part of the department of Amazonas, one of the poorest in Peru, in ruins. According to the Peruvian Geophysical Institute, the earthquake occurred at 5:52 a ...

However, there is still no sign of a coherent policy capable of tackling environmental crime and the corruption that facilitates it, let alone any action. Part of this is due to the political chaos ...

BOGOTÁ (AP) — Una pequeña formación en medio del caudaloso río Amazonas, bautizada como isla Santa Rosa, se convirtió en la nuez de una disputa limítrofe entre Colombia y Perú que tiene sus raíces en ...

Peru opened a military base in the Amazon on Tuesday in a bid to tackle illegal mining, the main culprit for deforestation in the world's largest rainforest. "The government has taken the political ...

Peru's reclusive Mashco Piro ethnic group recently used bows and arrows to attack loggers suspected of encroaching on their territory in the Amazon, according to a regional Indigenous organization.