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Record Prices, Rotten Crops

Rodrigo Pérez, the head of Finca Esperanza, speaks to his workers during a break. Credit: Douwe den Held | OffMap Media

Shades of green consume my line of sight ad nauseam. During the harvest, red coffee beans, surely, break up the monoton...

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Photoseries: Inside Venezuela’s Broken Oil Infrastructure

Spilled oil and out-of-production machinery, Zulia, Venezuela

The year started with a bang. On January 3, 2026, U.S. forces kidnapped Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. In the two days after, it seems that everyone has expressed an opinio...

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OffMap celebrates one year!

As OffMap Media – which was born with the start of our trip in December 2024 – turns one, we are looking back on a first, successful year.

In the past twelve months, we rode thousands of kilometers through Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. We c...

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The Two-Pronged Attack That Broke Ecuador's Protests

After 33 days of protests and blockades, Ecuador’s indigenous movement called off its national strike on October 22 without any concessions from President Daniel Noboa.

“In light of the government’s brutal repression,” Marlon Vargas, presi...

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Blood, Bribes, and Breakdown: The Fall of President Dina Boluarte

Written by Anastasia Austin; edited by Douwe den Held

Dina Boluarte’s political career as performed by a car. Peru | Credit: OffMap Media

Late Thursday night, Peru’s Congress voted to impeach its president, Dina Boluarte.

Friday morning,...

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  • Douwe den Held

    Journalist exploring South America by bike, writing stories on the way.

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    Freelance investigative journalist and photographer working with The Guardian, Al Jazeera, InSight Crime, and Rouleur | [email protected]

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