THE son of European refugees, Peru’s president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, is fluent in Spanish, English, German and French. He does not speak any of the country’s 47 indigenous languages. Yet his ...

CCARHUACC LICAPA, Peru -- Leila Ccaico walked slowly to the front of her class in a rural village in the Andes. Reluctantly, she faced her classmates, obeyed her teacher's orders and started to sing ...

Amazonian children take part in activities designed to practice their native language in Tingo Maria, Peru, in an undated picture released on January 31, 2017 by an arm of the Peruvian Ministry of ...

Teacher Carmen Cazorla writes in the Quechua Indigenous language during a class on medicinal plants at a public primary school in Licapa, Peru, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. “For 500 years Spanish has ...

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Amadeo Garcia has no one left to talk to in his mother tongue, Taushiro. Neither does Pablo Andrade, the last living speaker of Resigaro. The two indigenous languages are among 17 that are critically ...

The title of this article summarizes the attitude of the state channel TV Perú towards indigenous peoples, while also reflecting the colonial history of the country. At the threshold of the ...

Amadeo Garcia has no one left to talk to in his mother tongue, Taushiro. Neither does Pablo Andrade, the last living speaker of Resigaro. Undated picture released on January 31, 2017 by the General ...

Lima, Jun 24 (EFE).Lima, Jun 24 (EFE). — When the last Taushiro speaker dies, the language will never be heard again in the Peruvian jungles. Officials are working to prevent cultural tragedies like ...

Renata Flores is a 19-year-old young artist and activist who sings in Quechua, the official language of the Incas She could pass off as another 19 year old in Peru if it wasn’t for her voice. And when ...

The LoP in Lok Sabha is on a week-long visit to four Latin American countries--Colombia, Brazil, Peru and Chile. He is ...