Every June, communities in the Cusco region, capital of the Inca Empire, join efforts in making ropes out of q'oya plants to renovate the Q'eswachaka bridge, the last of its kind, keeping alive a work ...

Dangling over a vertiginous gorge, the Apurimac River flowing around 10 stories below, Indigenous Peruvians show no fear as they repair a centuries-old Inca rope suspension bridge -- the world's last.

Get fearless, uncompromising truth in your inbox. Subscribe to The Real News. Sign up A torrent of water rushes underneath, gray and angry. Wind whips. Thunder rumbles in the distance. Clouds threaten ...

The annual reweaving was canceled in 2020, due to the pandemic, causing the bridge— one of the last surviving Inca rope bridges —to collapse from disrepair. But community members were able to gather ...

As much as you’re looking forward to your upcoming trip to Nepal, you should always keep in mind that life is a journey, not a destination. But it’s only on a bridge, suspended halfway between two ...