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 ...

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 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.

Archaeologists in Peru have shared findings of an eight-year study that revealed an ancient city that formerly served as an ...

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 ...

The declaration of Suriname as the first malaria-free Amazonian country by the World Health Organization should spur other ...

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