When President Gustavo Petro took office in 2022, he aimed to bring about comprehensive peace in Colombia. But this now seems a remote dream amid the latest violence.

"There was sexual violence, there was torture, there was cruelty, which are very explicit signs of hatred, misogyny, and ...

A Peruvian National Police helicopter made an emergency landing while transporting 11 officers in the Amazonas region on Thursday (January 16), as reported by the Ministry of the Interior.

The Pan Amazon has a legacy of both violent and non-violent protest that dates from the onset of European colonization, ...

The suffocation, chaining and beating of the Brazilian immigrants is comparable to treatment previously meted out during ...

The ongoing emergency response includes distributing safe water and other essential supplies, mobilizing health brigades and strengthening the resilience of community-based systems and local ...

Federal crackdown on environmental crimes and a gold rally that’s sent prices to record highs has driven the industry into ...

Alexis Damancio Silva can’t forget the hardship in his town of Puerto Narino in far southern Colombia last year when extreme ...

An extensive new exhibition at the CCCB in Barcelona takes a look at the art, culture, biodiversity and history of the Amazon ...

Rodrigo Agostinho, head of IBAMA, Brazil's federal environmental agency, for two years now, spoke with Mongabay about the ...