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As tightens its border with , migrants are left stranded in the desert.. My report with Jorge de la Quintana

Migrants take refuge at Peru-Chile border city Many migrants are seeking shelter at Peru's border city of Tacna after being refused to cross the border without proper documents. htt...

Locals and researchers say the Belo Monte dam is choking off water supplies downstream, reducing the fish that the indigenous Juruna community relies on for food and income. My latest for Thomson Reuters Foundation from , part of an incredible canoeing trip with great company on the Volta Grande, or Big Bend, of the Xingu River.
https://www.context.news/nature/brazils-people-of-the-river-pay-price-for-amazon-hydropower

Brazil's 'people of the river' pay price for Amazon hydropower | Context The Belo Monte dam is choking off water supplies downstream, reducing the fish that the indigenous Juruna need for food and income

Can win its drugs war? My report with Jorge de la Quintana from VRAEM, the Andean Amazon valley where 70% of its co***ne is made https://youtu.be/orYMWE3gu8c via

Peruvian government attempts to stop drug trafficking Global manufacture of the drug co***ne reached a record high in 2020, according to the UN’s ​latest World Drug Report, ​released on Monday. Of the three coun...

https://news.trust.org/item/20220628080457-otmur/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=trf-stories Indigenous forest guardians defend their land and themselves against drug traffickers who intimidate and kill for the co***ne trade. With the great company and photos of Jorge de la Quintana + Hugo Enrique Alejos

Peru drug traffickers ramp up violence against indigenous groups Drug traffickers and coca farmers have targeted more territory in Peru's central Amazon region since the coronavirus pandemic

I admired Dom's work immensely and he was always generous with his praise. He was a journalist's journalist, getting to the heart of the story, often in the far-flung place where the story was, and telling it with a panache that seemed to defy the discomfort he must have gone through to get there. We were on different sides of the continent, though I feel our stories often met somewhere in the middle. Now he's gone I regret that, for geographical reasons, I never got to have a beer with him. His example shines on. My condolences to his wife Alessandra Sampaio, his family in the UK, and his wide circle of friends.

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What would clean artisanal gold mining look like in the ? We went to the epicentre of illegal mining in where
brought innovators together to find solutions: https://youtu.be/73cBy_l3tus by Jorge de la Quintana + me via
CGTN America

See what clean artisanal gold mining means for Amazon An international competition to innovate clean artisanal gold mining techniques came to the epicenter of illegal gold mining in Peru’s Amazon.Scores of compe...

As the state, the refinery & tanker owners play the blame game, the damage to one of the world's richest marine ecosystems continues to spread. My story for The Guardian on Peru's worst marine environmental disaster.

Oil spill at sea: who will pay for Peru’s worst environmental disaster? As the state, the oil company and tanker owners play the blame game, damage from the ecological disaster continues to spread

How is cleaning up more than 10,000 barrels of oil spilled on 's Pacific coast & what's the impact?

Authorities continue cleaning efforts for oil spill off coast of Peru Peru has called it the worst environmental disaster in recent history.

See how is cleaning up a devastating oil spill as it declares an environmental emergency + asks who's to blame? My report with
Jorge de la Quintana

Peru cleans up oil spill, leaders declare environmental emergency Peru declared an environmental emergency on Thursday and has demanded compensation from the oil giant Repsol after an oil spill at a refinery run by the Span...

Eating out is back on the menu in Lima. Can face the and maintain the biodiversity which makes its food so delicious? My report with Jorge de la Quintana

Food tourism slowly returning to Peru following pandemic restrictions   Peru’s flourishing reputation for its cooking and good food has helped the country become one of the best culinary destinations in the world.  As tourism recovers from the impact …

“All of that wildlife taken out of the ocean not only affects biodiversity and fosters extinctions at an accelerated rate. It breaks the carbon cycle – the nutrient chain that maintains the fabric of life on Earth,” the 86-year-old oceanographer and explorer Sylvia Earle told me in this interview for The Guardian

Cop26: Oceanographer Sylvia Earle calls for industrial fishing ban on high seas Ending unsustainable commercial exploitation of the Earth’s ‘blue heart’ is as vital as curbing fossil fuel use, says pioneering biologist

Gracías Raúl Tola Pedraglio y La Mula por la entrevista (2da parte) en 'Al Vuelo' sobre nuestro documental 'Las Aventuras de la Mujer Maravilla' que lo pueden ver acá..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNrEbLVTOh0&ab_channel=ThomsonReutersFoundation

'Al Vuelo' por Raúl Tola Raúl Tola entrevista a Javier Fuentes-León, director de "Las mejores familias" y a Dan Collyns, director de "Las aventuras de la mujer maravilla"... ...

Four Pacific-facing Latin American nations have committed to joining their marine reserves to form one interconnected area, creating one of the world’s richest pockets of ocean biodiversity at the . My latest for The Guardian

Latin American countries join reserves to create vast marine protected area ‘Mega-MPA’ in Pacific will protect migratory turtles, whales and sharks from fishing fleets

“They’re starting a war in [Wing] 5,” My dispatch for The Guardian on the agony of the bereaved after Ecuador's deadliest prison massacre. Big thanks to

Agony of Ecuador’s brutal prison massacre endures for bereaved relatives At least 119 inmates died in a Guayaquil jail after local gangs’ links with Mexican cartels brought a new level of horror

María Elena Villacís lost three brothers in 's deadliest prison massacre last week. My report with Jorge de la Quintana

Sister remembers brothers killed in Ecuador prison riot Four brothers were ​among those held in Ecuador's Litoral Penitentiary when deadly violence broke out last week. Only one survived. Among the 119 dead were ​...

Ecuador's army & police struggle to retake control after the country's deadliest prison riot leaves 100s of families bereaved. My report with Jorge de la Quintana via CGTN America

Over 100 prisoners die in prison riot in Ecuador Watch CGTN LIVE on your computer, tablet or mobilehttp://america.cgtn.com/livenewsSubscribe to CGTN America on YouTubeFollow CGTN America:Twitter: ...

Pedro Castillo: from peasant to president. Take a look at my report with Jorge de la Quintana on Peru's new(ish) president. Try to watch it all (if you have time) to get a more complete picture of who he is and if and how he can govern in the fractious, constantly changing political landscape.

Pedro Castillo: From Peasant To President One month after taking office (July 28), Peruvian President Pedro Castillo finds himself with his back against the wall. Having won by the thinnest margin im...

Good news that The Society of Environmental Journalists gave our film "The Adventures of Wonder Woman" an honourable mention in the "Outstanding Explanatory Reporting" category
https://www.sej.org/winners-sej-20th-annual-awards-reporting-environment
It was the serendipitous results of a collaboration between Max Baring, Anastasia Moloney, Jorge de la Quintana and myself. It captures a moment when the stars aligned in Peru and all the right people were in all the right jobs to clamp down on illegal gold mining in the Amazon rainforest. Peru was an example to its neighbours, particularly Brazil.
Karina Garay Kary Kary was the Chief Environmental Prosecutor in Madre de Dios state and a strong female protagonist for our documentary.
Out of 433 SEJ entries in 2021, we are honoured to be included. Please watch the film here, it's only 55 minutes 🧐
https://news.trust.org/item/20200923120225-udoc9/...

“The Lima elite is not just trying to keep power – it’s not just that they don’t want to recognise the victory of Pedro Castillo – but they are trying to cancel the rural vote.” says historian José Ragas in my latest for The Guardian on Peru's contested election.

Peru: Fujimori cries electoral fraud – and unleashes torrent of racism Claims of rightwing candidate, trailing Pedro Castillo in the polls, emboldens far-right, who have vowed not to accept result

Important story on in South America by The Guardian. Featuring photos by Sebastian Castañeda Vita

A silent decimation: South America’s losing battle against Covid Strained and underfunded health systems, economics and misinformation have all led to a surge in deaths

Who is Pedro Castillo, the leftist leading Peru's presidential race who calls himself the candidate of the poor? My report with Jorge de la Quintana from his home in a remote hamlet in Cajamarca in the Andes mountains.

Peru's Pedro Castillo to face Keiko Fujimori in presidential runoff Peru is set for a presidential runoff ​on June 6th - between the conservative heir to the powerful and controversial Fujimori dynasty and a socialist primary...

“We’re looking for you, dead or alive,” is one of the daily threats that Herlín Odicio receives on his mobile phone. Native Amazonian Peruvians unprotected against violent drugs gangs. My story for The Guardian. Photos: Hugo Enrique Alejos

'Narcos are looking for me': deadly threats to Peru's indigenous leaders Communities call for protection after string of killings linked to rush for land to grow coca, under cover of the pandemic

When will vaccines reach South America's Indigenous people and will they even want them?
My story with Paula Dupraz-Dobias and photos by Sebastian Castañeda Vita for The New Humanitarian.

Why some Indigenous leaders in the Amazon are going it alone on vaccines Doses are trickling in to the region’s COVID-19 hotspots, but they’re meeting deep mistrust of rollout efforts and growing concern over new variants.

Ecuador’s president must decide on a proposal to expand the islands’ marine reserve, seen as vital to protect the world heritage site from overfishing. My report with Jorge de la Quintana

Protecting the Galápagos Islands The iconic Galápagos Islands are one of the top destinations for nature tourists. But its unique ecosystem is under threat from overfishing. Ecuador’s outgoi...

The death of Judith Machaca is just one in a mounting toll of women and girls across Peru that has become what human rights activists are calling a deadly emergency. The figures will shock you.

'Judith never came home': deadly fate of 'disappeared' women in Peru Policeman accused of s*x trafficking, while 12,000 women and girls vanish in ‘shadow pandemic’

My story about the fight to save the crucible of Darwin's theory of Evolution from marauding fishing fleets. Great pics by Jorge de la Quintana, too

The fight for the Galápagos: race to expand reserve as fishing fleets circle Ecuador’s president to decide on proposal to expand islands’ marine reserve, seen as vital to protect world heritage site from fishing industry