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Peru’s broadening middle class

Dan Collyns Business, Development, Human Rights August 10, 2013September 24, 2015lima, middle class, Peru, villa el salvador

“Because we don’t have anything we’ll do everything.” was the motto in Villa El Salvador, the burgeoning suburb in Lima’s south. These hard working values are instilled in the new generations who are Peru’s new middle class.

The woman saving South America’s 2nd wilderness

Dan Collyns Development, Environment, Human Rights August 10, 2013September 24, 2015Amazon, biodiversity, bolivia, cattle, chaco, erika cuellar, Featured, indigenous, soy, voluntary isolation, wilderness
The woman saving South America’s 2nd wilderness

Scientist Erika Cuellar has championed the Gran Chaco, South Americas second largest wilderness after the Amazon. She’s educating its inhabitants on how to preserve their expansive home.

Evo re-elected?

Dan Collyns Development, Politics June 17, 2013September 24, 2015bolivia, evo, evo morales, Featured, la paz, opposition, re-election

Bolivia’s president Evo Morales is cleared for a third re-election in 2014. Can anyone beat him?

Haute cuisine in – wait for it – Bolivia!

Dan Collyns Arts, Business, Development, Tourism June 15, 2013September 24, 2015biodiversity, bolivia, claus meyer, Featured, gastronomy, gustu, haute cuisine, la paz, noma

Dan Collyns takes us to the trendiest new restaurant in La Paz, Bolivia, the brainchild of top Danish chef and Noma founder, Claus Meyer. Could it be the vanguard of a gastronomic revolution in the land-locked country.

Cocaine: History between the Lines

Dan Collyns Business, Development, Environment, Human Rights, Science & Health June 14, 2013September 24, 2015army, coca, cocaine, crime, Drugs, Featured, peasants, Peru, VRAE, war

Dan Collyns worked as the Peru producer on this feature-length History Channel documentary about the cocaine trade. Toby Barraud of NFGTV hired Dan to get the inside track on the drugs war at source.

A sweet alternative

Dan Collyns Business, Development, Environment, Video July 9, 2012September 24, 2015Amazon, chocolate, coca, cocaine, drug-trafficking, Featured, Peru, San Martin
A sweet alternative

From cocaine to chocolate. Can cocoa really be a substitute for the leaf that makes cocaine?

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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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