In Incan mythology, Mama Koka was the god of the coca plant which originally grew from her torn apart body. Today, coca ...

Chile’s biggest carnival is kicking off at full speed today. As many as 150,000 people have traveled to the northern Chilean ...

In Peru, most are detribalized Indigenous people who survived enslavement and ... Most have an Indigenous legacy, many speak Quechua or Aymara, but this group also includes individuals who self ...

The coca plant has been cultivated in South America for thousands of years and used for a variety of ritual, spiritual, and ...

Long having been considered the ‘US’s backyard,’ Latin America is the crucible of anti-imperialist struggle – yet with the rise of China as an economic and ideological counterweight to Washington, we ...

Israeli hostage Arbel Yehoud, held by Hamas since October 7, 2023, was handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern ...

Colgate University found a statuette of a deity of prosperity within the Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections. The ceramic figurine, Iqiqu (in Aymara) or Ekeko (in Spanish), is a main figure in ...

Jack Glagola: It’s no surprise that you’re a Virginia icon, a Black icon, a man of many historic firsts. First Black Virginia ...

The show presents the work by graphic artists and designers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru ... artist of Aymara heritage whose work ...

Peruvian and US authorities arrested as many as 20 members of the Tren de Aragua gang in Lima in an effort to dismantle a ...