Chile’s biggest carnival is kicking off at full speed today. As many as 150,000 people have traveled to the northern Chilean ...

Peru, Argentina, Chile and Brazil are all home to restaurants considered to be some of the best in the world. We have found ...

The nearby San José mine empties its pipelines into the lake. Group stages miraculous revival of once-toxic lake — here's how ...

Long having been considered the ‘US’s backyard,’ Latin America is the crucible of anti-imperialist struggle – yet with the rise of China as an economic and ideological counterweight to Washington, we ...

The coca plant has been cultivated in South America for thousands of years and used for a variety of ritual, spiritual, and ...

There’s a soulful power to the sounds drifting across the Andean highlands, where steep mountains and deep valleys have shaped centuries of musical heritage.

The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) guarantees the right to freedom of assembly under Article 11, freedom of expression under Article 9 and the right to freedom of association ...

Colgate University found a statuette of a deity of prosperity within the Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections. The ceramic figurine, Iqiqu (in Aymara) or Ekeko (in Spanish), is a main figure in ...

In an age-old tradition inspired by El Ekeko — the indigenous Aymara deity of abundance — the purchased items are “blessed” by shamans clutching bouquets of smoking incense, then taken ...

The Aymara people celebrating their ceremonies to the sun in the Bolivian highlands On the Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the United Nations reaffirms ...

A house can fetch anything from $10 to $30 depending on the size and ornateness. In an age-old tradition inspired by El Ekeko -- the indigenous Aymara deity of abundance -- the purchased items are ...