In a federal hearing scheduled for Feb. 11, company lawyers will ask a judge to send the case to Peru, where Indians say corruption and a case backlog will hurt their chance of winning.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The long-contested expansion of Peru's main natural gas field has won final regulatory approval despite U.N. concerns that it could endanger Amazon tribes living in voluntary ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) – Members of an Indian tribe that has long lived in voluntary isolation in Peru’s southeastern Amazon attempted to make contact with outsiders for a second time since 2011 ...

The singer's popularity is emblematic of deep social change in race-conscious Peru, where the Indian and mixed-race majority is increasingly being recognized as a political, economic and consumer ...

Indigenous leaders in Rio Branco on Brazil's side told her they had been attacked by newcomer Peruvian tribes, she told Reuters from Peru.

The Mashco Piro, one of the largest uncontacted tribes in Peru's Amazon, face increased threats as a logging company builds a bridge into their territory. This development risks disease and conflict, ...

Peruvian Amazon Indian leaders are warning of renewed protests, alleging Friday that the government has not honored promises made in the aftermath of June violence that left at least 23 police and ...

In a conciliatory move, Peru’s government promised Amazon Indians on Monday to ask Congress to revoke decrees that native groups say would make it easier to exploit their lands for oil, gas and ...