Huachuma, the Andean cactus better known as San Pedro, contains mescaline, a psychoactive compound that alters perception and mood.
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Long before synthetic fertilizers, the global guano trade reshaped farming, fueled American expansion and exposed the hidden human costs of feeding the modern world.
A labour and political ecology expert looks back at imperialistic logic and how chemical fertilisers have repeatedly served as strategic objectives and weapons, particularly in wartime.
Instability has come to define Peru’s political landscape, as successive congresses and presidents have become locked in a power struggle.
U.S. withdrawal from transnational environmental agreements presents other countries in the Americas with the opportunity to chart a new course.
In new research, biochemical analyses align with imagery and historical sources to show how the pre-Inca Chincha society turned guano into a source of power.
An ancient band of thousands of precisely aligned small pits stretching 1.5 kilometres across the Pisco Valley in Peru has baffled experts for almost a century.
A series of protests are taking place across the world, largely led by young people.
Peru’s culinary popularity masks shocking inequality and food insecurity among the country’s indigenous peoples.
As Andean glaciers disappear, ancient Inca strategies are more important than ever.
Andean people of the past looked at these strings as a record of the climate, and they studied them to understand patterns.
Legal action by a Peruvian farmer has signalled a shift in the global conversation.
Violence against women in Mexico – where at least ten women or girls are murdered every day – has been an issue for decades.
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 country.
Cardinal Robert F. Prevost took the name Pope Leo XIV – an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, who championed the rights of workers and criticized the conditions in which they lived.
The Peruvian Nobel prize-winning author was intensely committed to his craft.
Ancient practices hold important lessons for farmers facing drying lands, but they were often more complex than modern societies realize. Glacier loss adds to the challenge today.
Troops have been deployed on to Lima’s streets as the country grapples with rising criminal violence.
Researcher Japhy Wilson tells The Conversation Weekly podcast the surreal story of what happened in one Peruvian city in the Amazon jungle during the first wave of COVID.
Despite its feminist ambitions, taking a closer look at Canada’s role in countries where it has significant mining interests reveals a more complex and nuanced image of Canada in the world.
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Associate Professor in Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor of Global Affairs and Human Security, University of Baltimore
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Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University
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Tom Austen Brown Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Researcher at the Center for Mining and Sustainability Studies at the Universidad del Pacífico (Peru) and PhD Candidate in Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Management and Co-director of the Centre for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, University of Essex
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Professor Gender and Development, King's College London
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Milton P. and Alice C. Higgins Professor of Environment and Society, Professor of Geography, Clark University
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