The Marañón is the principal source of the Amazon River.Photo: Bernard Golden/Alamy

The flow of justice

In Peru, a group of Indigenous women living in isolated communities have been determined in fighting for the rights of their river, including winning a ground-breaking lawsuit. Stephanie Boyd reports.

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NI 551 - Election year - September, 2024
Illustration: Sarah John

Searching for the people from the river

Stephanie Boyd goes on a mission up the Amazon River to find the gateway of the Kukama peoples’ spirit world.

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NI 546 - Spying on dissent - November, 2023
Illustration: Sarah John

The Storyteller

Stephanie Boyd reports from a remote village in the Peruvian Amazon, where ways of life are changing with modern times – but ancient traditions live on.

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NI 545 - Decolonize now - September, 2023
The 2012 Interoceanic Highway pictured here, promised to improve the lives of Peruvian locals. Today it is rarely used for trade, instead serving destructive mining and logging activities. Indigenous groups fear the same will be true for the new Pucallpa–Cruzeiro do Sul road.Photo: Tania Wamani

Narco Highway

Report on the Pucallpa-Cruzeiro do Sul highway that would connect Peru with Brazil by Jack Dodson.

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NI 545 - Decolonize now - September, 2023
Illustration: Sarah John

A journey through time

Stephanie Boyd experiences new life amid grief on a night voyage in the Peruvian Amazon.

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NI 544 - Palestine - July, 2023
A demonstrator holds a sign that reads ‘Resign murderer Dina’, referring to Peru’s president Dina Boluarte. Since she assumed office in December, when then-President Pedro Castillo was ousted after attempting to dissolve Congress, at least sixty people have been killed in a violent crackdown on protesters.Photo: Sebastian Castaneda/Reuters/Alamy

Sign of the Times

Violent crackdowns on protest in Peru.

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NI 543 - Loneliness - May, 2023
Illustration: Sarah John

A voice from beneath the river

Stephanie Boyd reports from the Peruvian Amazon, where Indigenous communities are fighting to save their language.

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NI 543 - Loneliness - May, 2023
Photo: David Arias

Southern Exposure: David Arias

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

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NI 542 - A world to win - March, 2023
Illustration: Sarah John

Until we meet again

Stephanie Boyd on a beautiful farewell in Peru’s southern Andes.

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NI 542 - A world to win - March, 2023
Demonstrations have demanded the removal of president Dina Boluarte and immediate elections.Photo: Lucas Aguayo Araos/DPA/Alamy

Who’s to blame?

Peru is no stranger to the violent quelling of protest – but events of recent times have shocked the world with their brutality.

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NI 542 - A world to win - March, 2023
Illustration: Sarah John

A new beginning

Stephanie Boyd opens her series from Peru in a remote Amazonian village, where a little human miracle arrives

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NI 541 - The cost of living crisis - January, 2023
Photo: Gabriel Tejada

Southern Exposure: Gabriel Tejada

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

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NI 540 - Land rights - November, 2022
A collage of drawings of river creatures by children from seven villages along the Marañón.Created by: Miguel Araoz Cartagena

The river as a living being

The Kukama people of the Peruvian Amazon say their river is alive and has rights; the authorities see it as a resource to be exploited. Stephanie Boyd tells the story of the women determined to protect it.

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NI 538 - Rivers of life - July, 2022
Illustration: Emma Peer

Introducing... Pedro Castillo

The unlikely winner of Peru’s presidential race.

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NI 533 - Food justice: who gets to eat? - September, 2021
Photo: Paco Chuquiure

Southern Exposure: Paco Chuquiure

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

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NI 530 - Democracy on the edge - March, 2021
A woman at breaking point as she queues along with other relatives of Covid-19 patients to try to recharge oxygen tanks for their loved ones at the regional hospital in Iquitos, the largest city in the Peruvian Amazon.Photo: Cesar Von Bancels/AFP/Getty

‘You’ve done nothing!’

Stephanie Boyd reports from the Peruvian Amazon on the fight to get adequate healthcare that respects indigenous tradition.

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NI 528 - A caring economy - November, 2020
Human rights defendants acquitted

Human rights defendants acquitted

Vanessa Baird reports on a landmark ruling in Peru.

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NI 525 - The fight for clean air - May, 2020
Photo: Vanessa Baird

The Interview: Virginia Pinares

Taking a stand against mining corporations can cost you your freedom – and even your life – in Peru. But that does not deter indigenous human rights defender Virginia Pinares. She tells Vanessa Baird why.

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NI 524 - How we make poverty - March, 2020
View from America: Patriot, Dissident

View from America: Patriot, Dissident

Mark Engler reflects on the life of Pete Seeger - an American musician, patriot and dissident.

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NI 517 - Trade in Turmoil - January, 2019

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Election year September, 2024
Climate capitalism January, 2024
Spying on dissent November, 2023
Decolonize now September, 2023
Decolonize now September, 2023
Palestine July, 2023
Loneliness May, 2023
Loneliness May, 2023
A world to win March, 2023
A world to win March, 2023
A world to win March, 2023
The cost of living crisis January, 2023
Land rights November, 2022
Rivers of life July, 2022
Food justice: who gets to eat? September, 2021
Democracy on the edge March, 2021
A caring economy November, 2020
The fight for clean air May, 2020
How we make poverty March, 2020
Trade in Turmoil January, 2019
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