Dan Collyns covers the Andean region for CGTN America.
Collyns joined CGTN America in November of 2011 and is based in Lima, Peru. He has also reported for CGTN from Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile.
Collyns was formerly the BBC’s correspondent in Peru where he has been based since 2006. He also worked for AFP as a video-journalist, The Guardian newspaper and for PRI, NPR and CBC among other networks. Dan has covered earthquakes, mine cave-ins, summits, elections, the drug war, human rights trials and he interviewed the last fugitive leader of Peru’s Shining Path guerrilla group.
Before moving to South America, Dan worked at BBC World Service radio as a writer and producer. He began his career in print, filing newspaper reports from Tanzania.
He studied English Literature at Goldsmiths College at the University of London.
Ecuadoreans will choose on Sunday between a center-right presidential candidate whose father is the richest man in Ecuador, and a leftist protege of former President Rafael Correa, in an election overshadowed by violent crime and the assassination of a third candidate. Read More...
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As presidential elections in Ecuador head to a runoff on October 15, the top concern for its citizens is who can halt the country’s terrifying descent into violence and criminality. Ecuador has long struggled with drug trafficking. But in recent years, the situation has gotten much worse. CGTN’s Dan Collyns […] Read More...
Ecuador’s presidential election moves to the second round in October, between two former lawmakers. They’re vying for support from voters concerned about Ecuador’s sharp increase in crime and a struggling economy. Read More...
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