Sara Shahriari

Sara Shahriari is a print and radio journalist based in La Paz, Bolivia, where during the past three years she has reported on the environment, politics, indigenous rights and the economy. Sara contributes to The Christian Science Monitor, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Deutsche Welle and Indian Country Today. Her reporting has also appeared in The Guardian and the BBC World Service.

Pollution, overfishing threaten livelihood of Peruvian fishermen

by Sara Shahriari
Marcelino Coila Choque is from a family of fishermen in Peru. From his small village along Lake Titicaca, he has watched the water turn opaque with pollution from the expanding city of Puno.  Radio journalist Sara Shahriari and Photojournalist Noah Friedman-Rudovsky follow Coila Choque on his morning fishing rounds in an audio slideshow. 
Oct 1, 2012