Oswaldo Rivas

Biography

Oswaldo Rivas was the head of photography for the now defunct Nicaraguan daily La Tribuna before joining Reuters as its Nicaraguan correspondent. His photographs have appeared recently in the Christian Science Monitor, The Guardian (UK), the Irish Times, the New York Times, Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.

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REPORTING / Summer 2011

The Lake at the Bottom of the Bottom

By Douglas Haynes ,  Photography by Oswaldo Rivas

Lago Xolotlán is one of the most polluted lakes in the world. The Nicaraguan government wants to clean it up, but is it too late?