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Author: Dan Collyns

Peru: reversing the brain drain

Dan Collyns Business, Development April 4, 2014September 24, 2015brain drain, Featured, Peru

How Peru is bringing brains back home.

Venezuelan opposition leader speaks

Dan Collyns Politics March 28, 2014September 24, 2015Featured, Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela

Maria Corina Machado says the Venezuelan government can’t sack her.

3D archaeology protects Lima’s history

Dan Collyns Development, Tourism March 24, 2014September 24, 2015archaeology, drones, Featured, lima, Peru

How archaeologists are using drones to protect Lima’s pre-Colombian ruins.

Counting African-Peruvians

Dan Collyns Development, Human Rights March 17, 2014September 24, 2015African-Peruvians, Featured, Peru, racism

Peru’s counting its citizens of African descent to include them, and empower them.

Does Peru’s First Lady wield too much power?

Dan Collyns Politics February 28, 2014September 24, 2015cabinet, Featured, First Lady, Nadine Heredia, Peru, politics

Forced sterilisations in Peru

Dan Collyns Human Rights February 27, 2014September 24, 2015Alberto Fujimori, Featured, forced sterilisations, Peru

More than 2,000 Peruvian women say they were sterilised against their will in the late 1990s. They are still demanding justice.

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Will Peru’s New Gas Project Hurt Indigenous Tribes?

Dan Collyns Business, Environment, Human Rights February 12, 2014September 24, 2015block 88, camisea, indigenous people in voluntary isolation, Peru

The government of Peru is going ahead with the expansion of a controversial gas project in an Amazonian reserve for indigenous people.

Peru: Illegal gold fuels greenhouse gas emissions

Dan Collyns Business, Environment February 9, 2014September 24, 2015COP20, Featured, illegal gold mining, Madre de Dios, Peru

The next UN climate change summit will be in Peru, one of nearly 200 countries which has committed to cutting its carbon emissions. See how the illicit trade in gold is driving Amazon deforestation and climate change.

How many Peruvians are African Peruvians?

Dan Collyns Development, Human Rights February 6, 2014September 24, 2015African-Peruvians, Afro-Peruanos, Peru

Peru’s first ever survey of its African-descended population hopes to get the statistics needed to improve their opportunities.

Women Powering Peru’s Robust Economy

Dan Collyns Business February 5, 2014September 24, 2015Featured, Gamarra, lima, Peru, small businesses, women entrepreneurs

Peru is ranked as one of the best business environments for micro-lending and most of the clients are women.

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Dan Collyns

Is a multimedia journalist based in Lima, Peru. His online, radio and TV reports have been published and broadcast internationally. Read more

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