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Indigenous peoples demand consultation as controversial road paves through Peru’s Amazon
By Aimee Gabay An ongoing federal highway project that will cross through protected areas and Indigenous lands in Peru’s ...
From Her Past Comes the Drive to Help Other Indigenous Women
For the first 10 years of her life, Tarcila Rivera-Zea lived a cloistered existence. Growing up in the Peruvian Andes as part ...
Peru passes law critics claim will hamper the ability of NGOs to defend human rights
Peru’s Congress has passed a controversial reform expanding the powers of a government agency which oversees international ...
Peru's Indigenous leaders raise concerns over oil and gas projects
The leaders presented evidence of the impact of oil and gas exploration at a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on ...
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To Indigenous people in 17th century Peru, a Madonna image evoked traditional Inca deity
Our Lady of the Rosary of Guápulo is a devotional image venerated in the outskirts of Quito, Ecuador, and was promoted by a ...
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Peru's Indigenous leaders raise concerns over oil and gas projects at a human rights hearing
and subsequent deadly encounters between logging workers and the Indigenous people, underline just how vulnerable these groups have become. “Because they’ve failed to get redress in Peru ...