Women in Indigenous communities living near artisanal and small-scale gold mining operations in Peru and Nicaragua have high levels of mercury in their hair, a new analysis suggests. Researchers say ...

In Peru, women’s rights exist in a strange paradox: on paper, we have the laws, the representation, and the international commitments that promise equality; in reality, our lives tell a different ...

Argentina's government on Tuesday said Peruvian authorities had detained the suspected mastermind behind the brutal murders of two young women and a teenage girl in a livestreamed attack, bringing the ...

PERHAM, Minn. — Betsy Gilman last month finally won the gold medal she has been chasing for decades. Thirteen countries were represented at the World Masters Barefoot Championships that took place ...

Betsy Gilman, of Perham, Minnesota, represented the U.S. at the World Masters Barefoot Championships in France and brought home several medals, including the gold. Betsy Gilman of Perham, Minnesota, ...

Kichwa, Ticuna and Matsés women are leading forest patrols and training other women in the use of technology such as GPS, drones and satellite alerts. They are protecting the forest not only as an ...

Sometimes it feels like there’s a Guinness World Record for everything. Apparently, even running barefoot across Legos—a record a New Zealand mom just claimed as her own. Gabrielle Wall set out to ...

Jossimar Cabrera Cornejo, 36, has been taken into custody in Peru after his wife, Sheylla Cabrera, 33, was found dead on Aug. 16 National Police of Peru/X A man suspected of killing his wife after she ...

A man suspected of killing his wife after she was found dead in a Californian forest has surrendered to authorities in Peru On Wednesday, Aug. 27, Jossimar Cabrera Cornejo, 36, was shown handcuffed at ...

The husband of a Lancaster woman whose body was found in Angeles National Forest after authorities said he was seen on security camera video dragging a large object from the couple's Lancaster ...