Santiago Manuin Valera

Santiago Manuin Valera (1 January 1957 – 1 July 2020) was a Peruvian human rights activist and indigenous leader.

Santiago Manuin in 2009.

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.[1]

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.[2]

References
  1. Taj, Mitra (8 July 2020). "Santiago Manuin, Indigenous Leader in Peru, Dies at 63". The New York Times.
  2. Fallece líder awajún Santiago Manuin a causa de la COVID-19 en Chiclayo (in Spanish)


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