Latin America's top human rights court has issued a groundbreaking advisory opinion linking states’ human rights obligations ...

The mayhem has been stirred up by the relentless rise in the price of gold and by a glut in the production of coca, cocaine’s ...

“These illegal groups want extraordinary revenues,” said Luis Álvaro Pardo, director of Colombia’s National Mining Agency. The Gulf Clan, a 7,000-man militia, is battling the National ...

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

Colombia is increasing its troop numbers as part of a renewed offensive against illegal armed groups, the head of the country ...

Colombia is ramping up its military efforts against illegal armed groups following the collapse of peace talks. President ...

The prosecutor's office accuses rebels of killing eight people after fearing the alleged formation of a rival group.

Indigenous and riverine communities in the Loreto region of the Peruvian Amazon have "chronic exposure" to mercury, according ...