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- A new generation
- Video Link | Jun 11, 2010
- Meet Eneyda, a young Machiguenga woman navigating the confusing waters connecting her remote indigenous community, and the environmental threats and economic ... More »
- In Peru, farmers and shopkeepers wonder how they will begin again after destructive rains
- Feature Story | Mar 24, 2010
- Heavy rainfall in Peru has caused flooding and left widespread damage, including the destruction of homes, crops, and small businesses. More »
- Peru overturns decrees, starts dialogue
- News Update | Jun 22, 2009
- The government of Peru and indigenous citizens to move from conflict to dialogue on land rights and the best way to consult native people as they work to ... More »
- Oxfam calls on mining company to respect human rights
- Press Release | Jul 01, 2009
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- Oxfam calls for an end to violence in the Peruvian Amazon
- Press Release | Jun 15, 2009
- Aid agency urges US government to help resolve the crisis More »
- Oxfam in South America
- Brochure | Oct 10, 2005
- To their government officials and to the corporations who want to exploit their lands and natural resources, the indigenous and rural people of South America ... More »
- Community-based human rights impact assessments: Practical lessons
- Research Report | Oct 19, 2010
- Report from an international meeting, Canada 2010 More »
- Setting a good example
- Feature Story | Nov 30, 2010
- Jesus Nazareno’s anti-discrimination ordinance is a model for others in the area. More »
- Local approach to fighting racism
- Feature Story | Nov 30, 2010
- Start with helping people confront their own attitudes, then change local laws to protect basic rights. More »
- Fighting destiny
- Feature Story | Nov 30, 2010
- A heroine considers her role in re-aligning attitudes in Peru. More »
- Slide Show | Dec 31, 2012
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- Slide Show | Dec 31, 2012
- By leveraging a tiny U.S. investment, people like Emiliana Aligaesha, Nana Kojo Kondua IV, Manuel Dominguez, and Martha Kwataine are creating a sound future ... More »
- Don't cut aid. It's working.
- Page | Dec 31, 2012
- Cutting aid won't solve our budget problems--but it will close the door on a safer world and a better future. More »
- British High Court freezes mine company assets
- News Update | Nov 11, 2009
- Monterrico Metals will be required to compensate injured people and their communities if courts in the UK find the company responsible for human rights ... More »
- La Oroya, Peru: Poisoned town
- Feature Story | Nov 30, 2011
- American-owned Doe Run polluted this small mountain community for more than a decade. Now citizens are joining with Oxfam to hold the company accountable. More »
- Filters improve water quality in Pisco
- Feature Story | Oct 16, 2007
- Clean water reduces risk of disease; many communities accessing treated water for first time. More »
- Human rights violations follow the money
- News Update | Mar 22, 2007
- Groundbreaking hearings on the responsibility of the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank to respect human rights exposes violations related to loans ... More »
- In Peru, Oxfam helps mountain hamlets prepare for the next bout of bad weather
- Feature Story | May 30, 2007
- Acres of barley, gravity-fed sprinklers, and radio towers are some of the tools Oxfam has helped to provide Peruvian herders working high in the Andes. More »
- Letting gravity do the work, Oxfam irrigates pastures in Peru
- Feature Story | May 30, 2007
- Sprinklers help herders grow grass for their alpacas in the Andes. More »
- Looking to Sacha Inchi for their future
- Feature Story | Mar 25, 2009
- How indigenous farmers are growing an ancient plant that promises to bring new opportunities—and money—to the central Amazonian jungle. More »
- Q&A: La Oroya's future
- Feature Story | Apr 20, 2012
- A government decision could mean good news for families in Peru's most polluted town, and for their supporters here in the US. But the struggle to clean up La ... More »
- Majority who voted say 'No' to Majaz Mining Company
- News Update | Sep 21, 2007
- Citizens express their will in peaceful referendum in Peru. More »
- Mountain-grown barley helps Peru herders keep their alpacas strong
- Feature Story | May 30, 2007
- Herders at high altitudes are now growing fields of barley and oats to help tide their livestock over during harsh winter weather. More »
- Oxfam America denounces death threats against rights advocate in Peru
- News Update | Mar 22, 2007
- Calls on the authorities to investigate death threats and intimidation. More »
- Oxfam America president to Congress: Vote 'No' on US-Peru FTA
- Feature Story | Jul 19, 2006
- Agreement would be bad for farmers, access to medicines, and sustainable development. More »
- Oxfam calls for an investigation of alleged torture of 28 in Peru
- News Update | Feb 17, 2009
- A new report and photographs show participants in peaceful march in 2005 were detained and mistreated by mine company security and police. More »
- Peruvian village sees pollution, few benefits from gas pipeline project
- Feature Story | Apr 18, 2008
- Gas spills and lack of attention to community development raise questions in the forest villages of indigenous people affected by the Camisea pipeline. More »
- Peruvian villagers look beyond subsistence to their basic rights
- Feature Story | Mar 01, 2007
- Modest projects to grow food lead to a conviction to do more for a village and its children. More »
- Referendum on Rio Blanco mining project
- News Update | Sep 13, 2007
- "Do you agree with having mining activity in the district of Carmen de la Frontera?" This is the question that thousands of citizens will answer on Sunday ... More »
- Resource revenues elusive in Peru
- Feature Story | Aug 06, 2008
- Money from mines and pipelines is hard to track, and not obviously helping the poorest people in the country. More »
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