Santiago Manuin Valera
Peruvian Awajún activist
About Santiago Manuin Valera
Lived 1957 – 2020 (aged 62–63). Santiago Manuin Valera was a Peruvian human rights defender, teacher, indigenous leader of the Americas and environmentalist.
Santiago Manuin Valera (1 January 1957 – 1 July 2020) was a Peruvian human rights activist and indigenous leader.
Biography He was born in Condorcanqui Province, Peru. He was a key leader of the Aguaruna people in Peru. He was President of the Committee for the Struggle for Respect for Indigenous Peoples of Condorcanqui.
He was a critic of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement. During a police crackdown on dissenters in 2009, he was shot, but survived the encounter. He and other activists were blocking a road to protest the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Several dozen people were killed during the conflict with the police.
Manuin Valera died on 1 July 2020, from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru in Chiclayo, Peru, at the age of 63.
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Who was Santiago Manuin Valera?
Peruvian Awajún activist
When was Santiago Manuin Valera born?
Santiago Manuin Valera was born in 1957 in Condorcanqui Province.
When did Santiago Manuin Valera die?
Santiago Manuin Valera died on 1 July 2020 in Chiclayo.
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Santiago Manuin Valera was a human rights defender, teacher, indigenous leader of the Americas and environmentalist.
What nationality was Santiago Manuin Valera?
Santiago Manuin Valera was Peruvian.
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