Guacamole House has made natural food products for sale at local markets for about a year now. The food is all prepared by Alejandra Cruzado and Vilma Montoya and their motto is “Tu propia comida es ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. The queuña forests in Peru, once covering vast stretches of the ...

It's important to recognize and highlight women's performance in society. So, in 2004, Peruvian journalist Antonio Orjeda launched “Mujeres batalla” (Battle women), a series of interviews of hundreds ...

Paulina has worked as a sex worker on the streets of Lima, the capital of Peru, for 15 years. With no other form of income, this is how she supports her family. “When you have children, you will do ...