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Who are Bolivians voting for in 2014

Dan Collyns Development, Politics October 12, 2014September 24, 20152014, bolivia, elections, evo morales, la paz

Incumbent Evo Morales is expected to win by a wide margin, but there are other candidates who have attracted the electorate.

The economic reasons for Morales’ third term re-election

Dan Collyns Development, Politics October 11, 2014September 24, 2015bolivia, elections, evo morales, la paz

A booming economy and social spending wins votes

Bolivia’s answer to The Big Issue

Dan Collyns Development, Human Rights August 18, 2014September 24, 2015bolivia, child labour, Featured, Hormigon Armado, Jaime Villalobos, la paz, street children

How Hormigon Armado, a free newspaper sold by shoe shiners, is helping La Paz street kids to help themselves. Founder Jaime Villalobos explains.

Bolivia’s historic ‘Mountain that eats Men’ continues to claim lives

Dan Collyns Uncategorized August 16, 2014September 24, 2015bolivia, Cerro Rico, Featured, Mining, Potosi, silver

Is the Cerro Rico on the verge of collapse?

Bolivia’s ‘Mountain that Eats Men’

Dan Collyns Environment, Human Rights June 24, 2014June 25, 2014bolivia, Cerro Rico, Mining, Potosi
Bolivia’s ‘Mountain that Eats Men’

My interview with Bolivia’s finance minister

Dan Collyns Business, Development May 23, 2014September 24, 2015bolivia, economy, finance minister, Luis Arce Catacora

Luis Arce Catacora explains the secret to Bolivia’s economic success

Take me higher: Bolivia’s 20% minimum wage boost

Dan Collyns Business, Development May 20, 2014September 24, 2015bolivia, evo morales, Featured, minimum wage

Bolivia increases its lowest wages but workers say it’s still not enough to live on.

Bolivia’s cable car system will be world’s largest

Dan Collyns Business, Development May 16, 2014September 24, 2015bolivia, cable car, la paz, Mi Teleferico

A transport solution that soars above the rest.

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.

Bolivia’s narco capital

Dan Collyns Human Rights, Politics, Uncategorized June 17, 2013September 24, 2015bolivia, Brazil, cocaine, Drugs, santa cruz, trafficking, violence

Santa Cruz is Bolivia’s largest and wealthiest city but it’s also become a centre for the country’s thriving illegal drugs trade. Bolivia is now the world’s third largest producer of cocaine and it’s also a key transit country for trafficking. All this is leading to a spike in violent crime.

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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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