Pau* was 11 years old when she and her mother left their native Venezuela to make the exhausting overland journey to Peru. For Pau, the transition was a difficult one. At her new school in the ...

This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across Latin America, a visual report across six countries developed over several years, covering the people, places and cultures that keep this music genre ...

You may not realize it, but your clothes, blueberries, and increasingly your avocados come from this country. If you’re stumped, then you may want to head to downtown Miami and look for a massive ship ...

The two groups vying for a permit to hold a Peruvian Day Parade have a history of not getting along. CLIFTON ― Two groups have applied to hold a Peruvian Day Parade in the city on the same day and ...

Both nations claim Santa Rosa de Yavarí, a tiny island of just 3,000 people that sits in the Amazon River, more than a thousand miles from their capitals. By Julie Turkewitz and Mitra Taj Julie ...

Peru is a land with a peerless blend of foods and flavors, and home to one of the world’s great cuisines. The country has been fed by the Andes, the Amazon and its outstanding biodiversity, blessing ...

A new Peruvian store has come to Old Sacramento and touts an authentic collection of clothing, foods and crafts. Mi Tiendita Munaycha opened earlier this year under Jessy Luzmila Flores Cárdenas and ...

CHULUCANAS, Peru, May 14 (Reuters) - Hector Camacho remembers Robert Prevost, set to be formally inaugurated as Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, as a young jeans-wearing missionary from Chicago with broken ...

Illegal gold mining in southeastern Peru has fueled the destruction of a massive swath of rainforest and the killing of dozens of environmental activists. By Lisa Cavazuti, Cynthia McFadden, Kevin ...