The lure of even a few specks of gold compels Elizabeth Mosquera awake before dawn to slog to a muddy pit, where she wades ...

Indonesia has revoked the permits of several mining companies in Raja Ampat following public outcry over environmental damage in the eastern islands. But local police said rumours of residents burning ...

Colombia and the region are paying the price for slow implementation of the 2016 peace accord, but a turnaround is still ...

Peru’s culture ministry has reversed a decision to shrink the protected area around the Nazca Lines after national and ...

The man Ecuadorians have chosen to fight this storm is a curious mixture. Born in Miami, Mr Noboa is the son of a billionaire ...

So far efforts to curb the gangs have been dispiriting. This week in Colombia, where the government has pursued fruitless ...

NICE, France - A global oceans summit wrapped up Friday with world leaders taking major steps toward marine protection and ...

China is taking a growing interest in investing in Colombia — just as the Trump administration is making the United States ...

The governments of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have announced their commitment to create a massive multinational ...

Minister of Economic and Social Inclusion explained that the Amazonian province has become a hotspot for minors' recruitment ...

A new constitutional amendment allows the extradition of Costa Rican nationals for international drug trafficking and ...

Donald Trump’s interest in deep-sea mining emerged with awkward timing for the organisers of this month’s UN Ocean Conference in the French coastal city of Nice. In late April the US president signed ...