The 14,000-foot-high plain of the Andes, where the Inca civilization flourished five centuries ago, is as barren a land as the world possesses. With its packs of llamas running across the puna, ...

The saga of the Bnei Moshe — and their battle for acceptance by Peru’s and Israel’s Jewish leadership — unspools in “The Prophet of the Andes: An Unlikely Journey to the Promised Land.” (JTA) — The ...

The strikers' demands are the same as those of the protesting Indians: that Congress revoke laws to promote oil and natural gas extraction, logging and large-scale agriculture on traditional Indian ...

Lima, Peru — When someone mentions Peru to you, what is the first visual image that pops into your head? Inca Indians with their llamas in the Andes Mountains, looking at the some of the stone ruins ...

The Aguaruna Indians have a well-earned reputation as warriors. In pre-Columbian times they successfully resisted Inca subjugation. And during Peru's 1995 border war with Ecuador, they served as ...

From the Peruvian Amazon into the Andes—to Cusco, capital of the Incas. From the Peruvian Amazon into the Andes—to Cusco, capital of the Incas.