Peru is an important model in the region due to its outstanding history, achieved goals on economic, social aspects and the war against drug trafficking, highlighted today the US Secretary of State, John Kerry.  

People living in Amazonia rely on its vast waterways and rivers, and also rely on hunting for food.In recent years, deforestation has destroyed parts of the primary rainforest, as huge swathes of forest have made way for the endless expanse of a palm oil plantation.Logging companies have built roads making it easier to access tribal villages in which villagers claim is an attempt to plunder their lands.Al Jazeera's Nick Clarke reports from Sinchi Roca, Peru. Click on the image and watch the video!

Conservation agencies and tribal leaders expressed anger and concern in a story published by World News Daily Report yesterday, after the world's largest tree was allegedly cut down by illegal loggers.

With such distinct details, the report caused great confusion reporting that on the borders of the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon, "the giant Samauma tree that is thought to be over 5,800 years old judging on its concentric rings and estimated to be close to 40 meters in height was a major part of the native tribes cultural landscape, countless generations of natives having witnessed the long duration of the tree and having included it in their own culture."

Eight of the 24 total helicopters sold to Peru from Russia will be presented today at the Army Aviation center near Jorge Ch�vez international airport.

The helicopters will specifically be used for the fight against drug trafficking, terrorism and illegal mining in Peru. 

London's craze for Peruvian food shows little sign of abating. Sherelle Jacobs heads to Kingly Court to suss out the latest 

The Inca empire is reputed to start from Coricancha, the Courtyard of Gold, in Cusco. This is the spiritual heart of Cusco, and considered the navel of the Inca empire.

Mystical and spiritual theories suggest that Coricancha is located where it is because it is the energetic centre of the area, with energy lines emanating outwards for hundreds of kilometers. Along these energy lines are trails with landscape features, ruins, and temples, close and far away, including some that I've visited such as Moray, Maras, Machu Picchu, and many (many) more. 

When the stunt-planners at Greenpeace sent teams of activists to trespass this week at Peru's Nazca archeological site, they must have thought their bumper-sticker messaging would look good on a Facebook page next to the 2,000-year-old geodesic drawings.

After all, the group is known for stringing banners from bridges and skyscrapers to draw attention to its environmental campaigns, and with U.N. climate talks taking place in Lima this week, the activists clearly wanted to make an impact.

And so they have. The impact of their footprints on the fragile desert site, in fact, will last "hundreds or thousands of years," according to outraged Peruvian officials.

So furious is the Peruvian government that it has barred the Greenpeace activists from leaving the country and is preparing criminal charges for "attacking archeological monuments," punishable by up to eight years in prison.