The big news this spring is AmaWaterways' first cruises in Colombia. But it is not the only line with South America on its ...

I went on the river for money, I sold my rotten shack / For a rusty tanker leaking oil, and the burning sun was on my back / ...

Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing ...

Spanning an impressive 6,400 kilometres, the Amazon River weaves through Brazil, Peru and Colombia. Though seeing all 6000 ...

A growing fleet of electric boats ferries Indigenous people through the heart of the Ecuadorean Amazon, providing a cheaper ...

Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing to curb illegal gold mining in the Nanay River basin.

Boats sit on the shore of the Nanay River, a tributary of the Amazon, amid low water levels and drought in Iquitos, Peru, Sept. 10, 2024. Credit: AP ...

Indigenous communities in the Loreto region of Peru along the Amazon have high levels of mercury exposure, according to a new study. One of the causes is believed to be gold mining operations ...

Near the top of a mountain in the Peruvian Andes is a small lake named Laguna McIntyre. This is the source of the Amazon River, so named for the National Geographic photographer, writer, and ...

In early February, in downtown Bogotá, Colombia, Luis Alfredo Acosta recited a line in a book from memory: “I am from the ...

Peru draws tourists eager to explore the remnants of South America’s ancient civilisations. There’s much to uncover in this ...