Peru

Repeat Oil Spills Turning Peruvian Amazon into 'Sacrifice Zone' for Big Oil

Fed Up with Inaction, Peruvian Tribe Takes Hostages Following Amazon Oil Spills

Nika Knight, staff writer

An Indigenous community at the epicenter of the devastating oil spills in the Amazon has taken 8 hostages in an attempt to force the central government to pay attention to its plight

As Rivers Run Black in Peru, Indigenous Tribes Left Cleaning Big Oil's Disaster

Nika Knight, staff writer

"Those responsible, where are they?" Water supply and delicate ecosystem...

Seizing Wells and Going on Strike, Peruvian Protesters Stand Up to Big Oil

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

The Indigenous activists want clean water, compensation for oil pollution, and...

Climate Change Threatens Quechua and Their Crops in Peru’s Andes

How One Indigenous Woman Took On a Multinational Mining Corporation... And Won

Murder in the Rainforest: Local Activists and the Global Politics of Climate Change

Kerry Offers 'Fancy Words,' But US Inaction Blasted as Lima Talks Limp To End

Marching in Defense of Mother Earth, Thousands in Lima Demand Climate Justice Now!

Ahead of UN Talks, Real Hope Placed in 'Contagious Courage' of Climate Movement

Indigenous Groups Occupy Airport Near Amazon Oil Reserves

Death of 'Irrepressible' Forest Defender Prompts Investigation

2014 Goldman Prizes Bestowed on 'Fearless' Eco-Activists

'Corporate Colonialism': Protesters Slam TPP, US Military 'One-Two Punch'

Dying in Defense of Earth: Eco-Activist Murders Skyrocket

Massive 8.2-Magnitude Quake Triggers Tsunami Off Chile

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What the War Is

A jury has awarded World Press Photo of the Year to Paul Hansen of Sweden for his photograph of a group of men carrying the bodies of two dead children through the streets of Gaza City for burial, followed by their father’s body on a stretcher. All were killed in an Israeli missile strike. A Spanish photographer also won several awards for his photos in Gaza. Prizes to images by photographers from 32 countries; most aren't as difficult, or as vital, to look at.