Both nations claim Santa Rosa de Yavarí, a tiny island of just 3,000 people that sits in the Amazon River, more than a ...

Colombia and Peru traded barbs and reiterated competing claims to a remote Amazon River island home to fewer than 3,000 people, with Bogota accusing its neighbor on Thursday of effectively annexing ...

From century-old disputes to recent conflicts sparked by natural resource discoveries, territorial disagreements remain a ...

The island of Santa Rosa sits in the Amazon River between Colombia and Peru, with Lima recently naming it a district.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has been sore with Peru ever since his ally, former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo was ...

Colombia has accused Peru of illegally occupying a disputed island on the Amazon River, escalating tensions between the two ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has stirred up a decades-old border controversy with Peru by accusing it of fully annexing ...

The Boiling River in Peru is a natural wonder. It reaches extreme temperatures. Locals use it for daily needs. Scientist ...

Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how ...

A new report by the U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the U.S. National Drought Mitigation Center has ...

The government of Gustavo Petro moved Colombia’s Independence Day celebrations to Leticia amid a territorial dispute with Peru over Santa Rosa Island.

A team at the University of Florida used drones and smart modeling to accurately count over 41,000 endangered turtles nesting ...