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Peru stands out as one of Latin America’s most fascinating countries due to its incredible and mysterious geography. From the towering peaks of the Andes Mountains to the vast Amazon rainforest, ...

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France has plans to build a high-security prison in a remote area of the South American jungle for the nation's most "dangerous" criminals, including drug kingpins. Gerald Darmanin, France’s ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Crowds poured into the streets of Uruguay’s ...

These prehistoric humans, roaming Earth over a hundred thousand years ago, would have traversed more than 20,000 kilometers on foot from North Asia to the southernmost tip of South America.

According to the study, the next major population split happened between 17,500 and 14,600 years ago, when the Indigenous population in North America split, and some people made their way south.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mourners watch the casket of Uruguay’s former ...

(The Conversation) — Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the South American ... in Latin America, I believe ...