Víctor Zanabria, the commander-in-chief of Peru’s National Police, was accused of protecting informal miners when he was the ...

TRUJILLO, Peru, - Peruvian mining sector worker Frank Monzón was ... from criminal gangs who authorities have blamed for the murders. The white coffin of Monzón was carried by friends and ...

Peruvian gold output is expected to be significantly dented in the coming month due to a mining ban in a northern region of ...

The victims are believed to have been murdered by criminal gangs linked to illegal mining. The bishops not only expressed their solidarity with the victims' families and assured them of their prayers, ...

The free publication was released by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, which has been operating in Brazil for 25 years.

An American team will win the next soccer World Cup,” a Nicaraguan boy once told me. It took me a second to realize he meant ...

Though American-born, the new pope spent years working in my native Peru and even obtained Peruvian citizenship. “An American pope?” my wife asked, incredulous, staring at the television ...

One year after the federal government created Mining Marshals from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to combat illegal mining, the illicit trade is still booming. An appraisal ...