Tania Pariona Tarqui is an Indigenous Quechua human rights defender, activist from Peru, and Executive Secretary of the ...

The protests began a month ago calling for better pensions and wages for young people and expanded to capture the woes of ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peru’s Congress has approved a controversial reform to the country’s international cooperation law which imposes sweeping restrictions on civil society organizations in a move ...

A South American trade bloc has ruled that Peru is failing to curb illegal gold mining and mercury trafficking.

Peru's Gen Z-led movement forms part of a larger pattern of youth-driven protest worldwide, expressing disillusionment with ...

By Maxwell Radwin Peru is on the verge of rolling back several longstanding protections for Indigenous people and their ...

January 24 is the International Day of Education, which celebrates the key role that education plays in ensuring peace, development, gender equality, and human rights. For this year’s celebration, ...

Across the world, a number of young people – known as the Gen Z movement – are taking to the streets and fighting for their ...

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The Inter American Commission on Human Rights said Wednesday that Peru’s military and police forces used excessive force to quell violent anti-government protests, and that they ...

The wave of violence linked to organized crime cost President Dina Boluarte her job. Bus drivers, shopkeepers and artists ...

President Dina Boluarte took over from her impeached predecessor, and now she herself is under fire for alleged human rights abuses. The president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, has defied the odds just by ...

“My husband loved life. He was full of life. He did not deserve to die. They took away my daughter’s right to have a father.” – Ruth Bárcena Loayza At 2:50 p.m. on December 15, 2022, Ruth Bárcena ...