Peru

The recent violence against protesters at the Yanacocha mine has been caught on film…

By pushing forward a hotly contested mining project and enacting a state of emergency, Ollanta Humala's presidency is off to a worrying start.…

Respect for indigenous rights leads to company pull-out on controversial dam project in Peru, reports Vanessa Baird.…

Environmental consultancy Daimi was paid by oil company Perenco to find out if there are uncontacted indigenous groups in the remote Peruvian Amazon…

The isolated Indian tribes of the Napo-Tigre region no longer exist, according to the government's cartographers…

Vanessa Baird reports from Peru, which has just elected a left-leaning President.…

New Internationalist's co-editor Vanessa Baird is reassured by the Asháninka community's refusal to talk to journalists in Peru, where she is investigating indigenous resistance to mega-projects.…

Public outcry about the risk to two uncontacted indigenous groups has caused the oil giant to pull out of a remote area of the Peruvian Amazon…

The Al Jazeera Film Festival in Qatar is more like a group psychotherapy session for human rights filmmakers, says Stephanie Boyd…

A Peruvian journalist was recently jailed in a court case already abandoned by the claimant…