Alberto Pizango

Alberto Pizango Chota (born August 31, 1964)[1] is the current president of AIDESEP, the premier indigenous rights organization in Peru. He is part of the Shawi people.[2] Pizango has been actively resisting the government of Peru's selling of petroleum concessions to foreign companies on lands legally titled to indigenous people.

  1. ^ Brandenburg, Heidi; Orzel, Mathew. "When Two Worlds Collide" (PDF): 7. Retrieved 5 June 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "Los shawis: Una etnia que se recupera a sí misma | El Comercio Perú". elcomercio.pe. Archived from the original on 2012-09-30.