Strange goings-on in the trial of indigenous protesters accused of killing police in Bagua. Roxana Olivera reports from the Peruvian Amazon.
Santiago Manuin Valera is an internationally respected environmentalist and indigenous leader.
In 1997 he was recognized by Queen Sofia of Spain for his environmental work in defence of the Peruvian rainforest and for his leadership in driving away narco-insurgents.
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