BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Illegal gold mining is spreading into new parts of Peru’s Amazon, advancing along remote rivers and into Indigenous territories as experts warn of a widening environmental and ...

Lupaka Gold Corp. won the award, which includes interest, last year in an arbitration proceeding that found the Peruvian government failed to stop the protests by rural communities at the company’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gold mining in Peru is a multibillion-dollar industry but has been linked to violent clashes and deadly accidents, including a ...

The Trump administration’s drone strikes against boats allegedly bringing illicit drugs to the US come amid an explosion in the amount of cocaine being produced in Colombia and Peru. But there is a ...

BOGOTA, Colombia(AP) — A South American trade bloc ruled Monday that Peru is failing to meet its commitments to curb illegal gold mining and mercury trafficking, siding with Indigenous groups who say ...

Peruvian soldiers patrol in an illegal gold-mining camp during a military operation to destroy illegal machinery and equipment used by wildcat miners in Madre de Dios, Peru, March 5, 2019 (pool photo ...