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Dan Collyns
@dancollyns.bsky.social
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Journalist covering Latin America writing about #bloodgold - also @guardian @mongabay.bluesky.org & others. Yachay Productions. Tips welcome.
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · 7d
RIP and thank you Jane Goodall for helping us better understand and love the non-human beings on our planet. Personally, when I was young and more foolish I had the good fortune to volunteer for her institute in Tanzania which was a formative experience for which I am forever grateful..
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 7d
The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said.

“Dr Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionised science,” the statement read. “She was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.”
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 7d
We are deeply saddened by the passing of UN Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall.

Her life’s work championing conservation, humanity and the natural world leaves an enduring legacy.

Our condolences to her family, the Jane Goodall Institute and all who draw hope from her example.
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · 23d
#Peru is paying a deadly price for its gold fever. My latest for @TheWorldToday #bloodgold www.chathamhouse.org/publications...
Peru is paying a deadly price for its gold fever
The soaring value of gold has led to rampant Illegal mining, mercury poisoning and murders by criminal gangs. Is the government losing control of this precious metal, asks Dan Collyns.
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · 27d
Some countries still defend democracy. Story by Tom Phillips www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil
Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · 29d
England fails to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules
Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · Sep 8
La prematura muerte de Jaime Chincha es muy triste. Admiraba su honestidad, perspicacia, cordialidad, humor y su comprensión fundamental de la importancia y el propósito del periodismo en una democracia. Ahora en #Peru, su ausencia se sentirá aun mas.
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Roy Palomino @rpalomino.bsky.social · Sep 7
Falleció Jaime Chincha.
Increíble.
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · Sep 3
In #Lima an Indonesian embassy official is shot dead in ‘contract killing’ says #Peru’s interior minister. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Indonesia embassy official’s shooting in Lima probably a ‘contract killing’, says Peru government
Interior minister says ‘they were waiting for’ official who was shot at point-blank range outside his home in killing that has shocked Peru
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 29
New Zealand’s house prices are finally falling. Could this happen elsewhere?
New Zealand’s house prices are finally falling. Could this happen elsewhere?
Prices have dropped by up to 30% in some parts of the country – but experts say obstacles to home ownership remain
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · Aug 21
I quite like some of their music but otherwise agree
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · Aug 20
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IDL-Reporteros @idl-r.bsky.social · Aug 19
"Los Colina perpetraron asesinatos, dejaron un testimonio de criminal barbarie y no lograron resultado significativo en la lucha contra Sendero.(...) La ley Boluarte de amnistía está hecha para los defensores y practicantes de la guerra sucia", dice Gustavo Gorriti.
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Gustavo Gorriti sobre la ley de amnistía promulgada por Dina Boluarte
YouTube video by IDL-Reporteros
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IDL-Reporteros @idl-r.bsky.social · Aug 19
"Los Colina perpetraron asesinatos, dejaron un testimonio de criminal barbarie y no lograron resultado significativo en la lucha contra Sendero.(...) La ley Boluarte de amnistía está hecha para los defensores y practicantes de la guerra sucia", dice Gustavo Gorriti.
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Gustavo Gorriti sobre la ley de amnistía promulgada por Dina Boluarte
YouTube video by IDL-Reporteros
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · Aug 13
#Peru once made big strides in righting the wrongs of the past. Now, it’s roll back on human rights - with a blanket amnesty for military and police from 1980-2000 - just beggars belief. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Peru enacts amnesty for military and police accused of human rights abuses
Families of victims and advocacy groups condemn law that covers internal armed conflict from 1980 to 2000
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · Aug 8
#Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa's decision to axe the Environment Ministry could prove disastrous for biodiversity. My latest: www.context.news/nature/indig...
Indigenous Ecuadorians say axing ministries hurts Amazon forest | Context by TRF
Ecuador's Indigenous groups criticise government decision to axe Environment Ministry, they say will harm their rights, rainforest
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · Jul 30
Here's my #Peru update on the tsunami warning, for more check out the Guardian's liveblog: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · Jun 20
@Mercury poisoning in Peru's Amazon threatens health disaster #bloodgold my latest: www.context.news/nature/mercu...
Mercury poisoning in Peru's Amazon threatens health disaster | Context by TRF
A new health survey shows the potential damage of llegal gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · Jun 6
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Martin Rowson on Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s social media row – cartoon
The tech billionaire has suggested he may back down as the pair feuded over the US president’s spending bill
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Sleeping Giants Perú ✊ @slpnggiantspe.bsky.social · Jun 5
#Carlincaturas
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · Jun 5
Tune in to the podcast 'Missing in the Amazon' about Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira and how they sought to save the world's largest biome and its people..
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Tom Phillips @tomphillips.bsky.social · Jun 5
"The podcast Missing in the Amazon is a tribute to 2 brilliant & much-missed men: an intrepid reporter and a tenacious indigenous expert who, in their different ways, sought to defend Brazil’s indigenous communities & the rainforests where they live" www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-of...
The Guardian launches Missing in the Amazon, a new podcast that uncovers what happened when a journalist and an indigenous defender disappeared
Missing in the Amazon is a new six-part audio investigation into the disappearance of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira - told for the first time by the people closest to them.
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Rafael Barrio de Mendoza @barriozevallos.bsky.social · Jun 4
Today's Peru is a country where the astonishing feats of our ancient societies, truly fascinating objects of scientific inquiry, are just now being legally vandalised for the sake of rogue miners' vested interests. No serious policy-making, no comprehensive and open debate. Just looting and cronysm
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · Jun 3
Archeologists have expressed their outrage at a shock decision by Peru’s culture ministry to cut by nearly half the protected archaeological park around the iconic Nazca Lines, excluding an area almost as big as urban Lima, the country’s capital city. My latest: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Outrage over Peru’s decision to nearly halve protected area near Nazca Lines
Shock decision has raised fears ancient site with almost 2,000-year-old geoglyphs will be exploited by illegal miners
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · Jun 3
Outrage over Peru’s decision to nearly halve protected area near Nazca Lines. Via @dancollyns.bsky.social
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Outrage over Peru’s decision to nearly halve protected area near Nazca Lines
Shock decision has raised fears ancient site with almost 2,000-year-old geoglyphs will be exploited by illegal miners
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Sam Jones @swajones.bsky.social · May 30
‘Scratch the earth, there’s gold!’: Small miners, big firms and armed gangs fight over Peru’s mineral wealth. By @dancollyns.bsky.social
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‘Scratch the earth, there’s gold!’: Small miners, big firms and armed gangs fight over Peru’s mineral wealth
As the price of the precious metal soars to record levels, underground gunfights have erupted in the Andean region of Pataz as the mines’ riches draw in brutal crime cartels
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · Jun 3
Archeologists have expressed their outrage at a shock decision by Peru’s culture ministry to cut by nearly half the protected archaeological park around the iconic Nazca Lines, excluding an area almost as big as urban Lima, the country’s capital city. My latest: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Outrage over Peru’s decision to nearly halve protected area near Nazca Lines
Shock decision has raised fears ancient site with almost 2,000-year-old geoglyphs will be exploited by illegal miners
www.theguardian.com
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Norio Nakatsuji @norionakatsuji.bsky.social · Jun 2
[Outrage over Peru’s decision to nearly halve protected area near Nazca Lines | Peru | The Guardian]

“Shock decision has raised fears ancient site with almost 2,000-year-old geoglyphs will be exploited by illegal miners“

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Outrage over Peru’s decision to nearly halve protected area near Nazca Lines
Shock decision has raised fears ancient site with almost 2,000-year-old geoglyphs will be exploited by illegal miners
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · May 29
“They sacrifice people for what? To get more gold? It is as if they need blood; that’s what they did with my husband.” As the gold price soars, underground gunfights erupt in #Pataz #Peru as the mines’ riches draw in brutal crime cartels. #bloodgold By me: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘Scratch the earth, there’s gold!’: Small miners, big firms and armed gangs fight over Peru’s mineral wealth
As the price of the precious metal soars to record levels, underground gunfights have erupted in the Andean region of Pataz as the mines’ riches draw in brutal crime cartels
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Dan Collyns @dancollyns.bsky.social · May 22
Celia Ramos was one of thousands of women subjected to the #Peru's brutal policy of forced sterilisation in the 1990s. A ruling by the inter-American court of Human Rights could open way for reparations www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Case of mother who died during forced sterilisation in Peru to be heard in court
Celia Ramos was one of thousands of women subjected to government’s brutal policy in the 1990s. A ruling by the inter-American court of human rights could open way for reparations
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