Some warn of threats to culture, land and water, while others see an opportunity to lift their people out of poverty.

(AP photo) LAGO DO SOARES, Brazil — Indigenous leader Filipe Gabriel Mura stands before Soares Lake in Brazil’s Amazon ... Mura and others from the tribe fear that the pristine beauty of ...

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The Mashco Piro are an uncontacted tribe found in remote regions of the Amazon rainforest in south-east Peru. It’s thought ...

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A new wave of spiritual tourism is reshaping sacred ayahuasca practises in Peru ...

A city official in the remote Brazilian Amazon village of Envira told CNN that five members of the Kulina tribe are on the run after being accused of murdering, butchering and eating a farmer in a ...

The leaders presented evidence of the impact of oil and gas exploration at a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on ...

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Deep in the Amazon, Canaima National Park in Venezuela is a green wonderland. Home to Angel Falls, the tallest uninterrupted ...