LIMA, Peru -- A top Indian leader on Thursday called for an end to protests that left dozens dead in Peru's Amazon after Peru's congress revoked two decrees that indigenous groups said would spur oil ...

The strikers' demands are the same as those of the protesting Indians: that Congress revoke laws to promote oil and natural gas extraction, logging and large-scale agriculture on traditional Indian ...

Peruvian Amazon Indian leaders are warning of renewed protests, alleging Friday that the government has not honored promises made in the aftermath of June violence that left at least 23 police and 10 ...

LIMA, PERU — Riot police used tear gas Thursday to turn student protesters away from Peru’s Congress as thousands nationwide marched in support of Amazon Indians resisting oil and natural gas ...

They’ve lived in isolation for centuries in the dense jungles of eastern Peru. Aug. 22, 2013— -- They’ve lived in isolation for centuries in the dense jungles of eastern Peru. But the Mascho-Piro ...

The party is to be called the Alliance for the Alternative of Humanity (APHU), playing on the native Quechua word "apu," meaning traditional chief, Alberto Pizango, the head of the Aidesep association ...

NUEVO JERUSALEM, Peru -- Tomás Maynas Carijano strolled through his tiny jungle farm, pinching leaves, shaking his head. The rain forest spread lushly in all directions -- covering what oil maps call ...