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The detection of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos by IceCube has unveiled a new way to observe our Universe. Despite IceCube's success in measuring the high-energy astro flux up to energies reaching several PeV, much remains to be discovered regarding their origin and nature. The identification of high-energy astro-neutrino sources is largely hindered by atmospheric neutrino backgrounds; likewise, astro-neutrino flavor ratio measurements are limited by the difficulty of discriminating between electron and tau neutrinos. TAMBO is a next-generation neutrino observatory specifically designed to detect Earth-skimming tau neutrinos in the 300 TeV - 100 PeV energy range. To be located on the slopes of the Colca Valley in the Peruvian Andes, TAMBO's
unique observatory design enables a nearly background-free identification of astro-neutrino sources and a probe of the astro-neutrino flavor ratio. In this talk, I will present the prospects of TAMBO in the context of next-generation neutrino observatories and provide an overview of its current status.
