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.
As a dengue fever epidemic sweeps Latin America, medical authorities in Peru report that cases and deaths have more than tripled in 2024 compared to the same period last year. CGTN’s Dan Collyns reports Read More...
The unrest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti is having a ripple effect across the country, in particular the economy which has been hit hard. Haiti is on the same island as the Dominican Republic, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Learn more. Read More...
As Haiti remains engulfed in gang violence, Caribbean leaders said on Tuesday, March 20, that the key transitional council, which will select an interim leader for Haiti, was nearly complete.
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The situation in Haiti continues to worsen, violence is on the rise and the humanitarian crisis deepens. The international community is scrambling to find a peaceful way out as the capital Port-au-Prince descends into anarchy. Dan Collyns reports from Dajabón on the Dominican Republic’s border […] Read More...
Unrest continues in Haiti as civilians caught in the middle of warring gangs seek a lifeline from its neighbor the Dominican Republic. Dan Collyns reports from Dajabón on the Dominican Republic’s border with Haiti. Read More...
While international officials work to get a transitional council for Haiti in place in the coming days, the chaos and struggle of everyday life has changed little for Haitians on their home soil. The latest crisis of the last two weeks is spilling into […] Read More...
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