Peru

Guilty plea could cut 19 years off the prison sentence for Melissa Reid, the 20-year-old Scot in Peru charged with cocaine smuggling.

As members of one of Peru’s most remote tribes emerge from the Amazon jungle to ask for food, Channel 4 News explores how long uncontacted communities can avoid the influence of the outside world.

Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid, the two women arrested in Peru on suspicion of cocaine smuggling, are formally charged, prosecutors say.

A solicitor for one of the British women arrested for smuggling cocaine in Peru says she was kidnapped and forced to carry the drugs by a gang of 14 armed men.

Melissa Reid, 19, and Michaella McCollum Connolly, 20, are being held in custody in Lima on suspicion of drug trafficking after they were stopped from boarding a flight to Madrid.

The first white Bengal tigress cub to be born in captivity in Peru is shown to the world. White Bengal tigers, found in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and Nepal, are in danger of extinction.

Chronically malnourished children struggle to read and write simple sentences regardless of their level of schooling, according to new research by Save the Children.

The seas off the coast of Peru are some the richest and most diverse in the world. But in recent weeks both Peru’s seabirds and dolphins have been dying at an alarming rate, writes Tom Clarke.

Argentina’s win against Peru in the 1978 World Cup has always been mired in controversy. Now players tell Channel 4 News they were subject to political interference at the highest level.

An international project based in Peru hopes that by decoding the potato’s entire genetic code, it will allow future breeders to create pest-resistant spuds.

Brother Paul McAuley is a hero among the indigenous tribes of the Peruvian Amazon. Following his campaign for tribal rights, Peru’s government has ordered his expulsion. Jonathan Rugman reports.

Brother Paul McAuley is a hero among the indigenous tribes of the Peruvian Amazon, but the 62-year-old missionary from Portsmouth has made such a nuisance of himself in his campaign for tribal rights that Peru’s government has ordered his expulsion, writes Jonathan Rugman.