High in the Andes Mountains of Argentina and Chile, mining companies are scouring the landscape to look for copper, gold, lithium and cobalt deposits, among other lucrative ores. Most of these metals ...

Nestled in the heart of South America, the southern Chilean Andes offer travelers a remarkable journey through pristine landscapes and cultural treasures. The Cruce Andino, or Andean Crossing, serves ...

Gunmen of the Gulf Clan, a drug-trafficking militia in Colombia, are seizing tunnels inside one of the largest gold motherlodes in Latin America. The mine belongs to Zijin Mining Group, a Chinese ...

New moth species with creamy white bodies and fringed wings discovered in the Copaquilla Ravine in the Andes Mountains in northern Chile.

New moth species with creamy white bodies and fringed wings discovered in the Copaquilla Ravine in the Andes Mountains in northern Chile.

From the mountains toward the forest, creeks and rivers that arise from the melting of the Andes glaciers give birth to the subsidiaries that will in turn come together to make up the world’s ...

Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed in a remote location in Chile’s Andes Mountains on October 13, 1972—and those who made it through the crash would need to resort to desperate measures to ...