After a plane carrying a Uruguayan rugby team and its loved ones crashed in the Andes Mountains in 1972, 16 people managed to survive for 72 days, surrounded by snow and ice. "It's totally ...

The water security of the millions of people who live in the foothills of the Andes is also at risk. Constantino Aucca Chutas, a Peruvian biologist whose grandparents were farmers from the ...

This myth acknowledges the great importance that coca leaves had, and continue to have, in the culture and history of the people of the Andes. Despite gaining notoriety in modern times for being ...

Because even though I was surrounded by dead people and I could die at any moment ... They undertook a grueling 10-day trek through the Andes mountains in search of help. Their heroic effort ...

After 72 days stranded, they were finally rescued, but only 16 people survived the dangerous ... of 26,000 feet to fly directly over the Andes Mountain range. The pilots chose a U-shaped route ...

Around 40,000 Inca nobles ruled an empire of 12 million conquered people throughout the Andes mountain range in South America. The Incas diverted rivers and used sophisticated irrigation systems ...