Three years ago, while exploring the Mojanda mountain range in Ecuador, a team of researchers from a local NGO and a ...

As for González, a lawyer with limited political experience, locals view her with distrust as the political heir of former ...

DNA study shows the deadly potato blight came from South America.

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

Rebellion by Indigenous people and centuries-long resistance to ... through the Brazilian Empire and the Andean Republics of the nineteenth century, and is now a significant, often decisive ...

According to Sánchez, Indigenous peoples’ global activism has led to notable achievements ... The group then descended the slopes of the Andes to the city of Puyo for a day, hearing about local issues ...

Groups of indigenous people – many of whom do not live in the capital but rather the Amazon and Andes mountains – protested with signs reading “Fuera Pizarro!”, or “Pizarro out”.

There was no plan to colonize with indigenous people, who were considered indolent workers ... and began the second leg of their journey, crossing the Andes. Some died along the way, but finally, in ...

The Independent Photographer organization, a global community of photographers and photography enthusiasts, has unveiled the winners of its People Photography Award competition. Crossing borders ...