Alberto Pizango

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Segundo Alberto Pizango Chota (born August 31, 1964 in the Balsapuerto district , in the Peruvian province of Alto Amazonas in the Loreto region ) is the president of the Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva (AIDESEP), the largest indigenous organization in Peru . It has existed since 1980 and represents around 350,000 Indians . He became known through the international press after he succeeded in enforcing a restriction on oil drilling rights on Indian land.

In August 2008 Pizango supported tribal groups who resisted the exploitation of a gas field on their territory in northern Peru by the Argentine company Pluspetrol . He himself belongs to the Shawi ethnic group and worked for many years as a bilingual teacher in various indigenous communities. During arguments, the government declared Cusco for the regions of Loreto and Amazonas to the emergency with which they gained the right to call the army for help. Reuters reported that Pizango had responded with the words: “Indigenous people are defending themselves against government aggression.” (Indian peoples defend themselves against attacks by the government).

Alberto Pizango and AIDESEP succeeded in persuading the government to withdraw two laws that were supposed to open up the indigenous areas to oil companies. President Alan García revoked a corresponding decree .

After new investigations were approved in the areas, which covered an area of ​​45 million hectares , members of 65 tribes protested from April 9, 2009, who came together for a blockade in Lima in June . Pizango called for a general strike on June 3 . When the demonstration broke up, about 52 people were killed by June 9th. Previously, well over 100 people were injured and around 20 dead in other places such as Bagua , but the information is contradictory. Prime Minister Yehude Simon spoke of 22 dead police officers and nine Indians . The indigenous population speaks of at least 30 victims on their side. Interior minister and hardliner Mercedes Cabanillas is held responsible for the brutal behavior of the police. This is where the protest was directed against hydropower plants in tribal areas, in the planning of which the residents were ignored.

After an arrest warrant had been issued for sedition and conspiracy, for which he faced up to 35 years imprisonment, Pizango initially sought asylum in Bolivia in vain , then Nicaragua took him into his embassy, ​​where he applied for political asylum , which was granted to him a little later. A week later, the Peruvian government approved Pizango's departure.

Pizango's deputy, Daysi Zapata , announced that the strikes and demonstrations would continue. Alán García spoke of methods similar to those of the Sendero Luminoso . Pizango, for his part, accused the government of genocide .

The growing self-confidence of the indigenous peoples is attributed to the rise of the Indian Evo Morales in Bolivia. Members of the Peruvian government see him as the mastermind of the unrest and an active supporter of Alberto Pizango.

As a result of the unrest, the government withdrew the controversial decrees by 82 to 14 votes, which only meant a return to the previous status quo , which was also unsatisfactory for the indigenous people there .

On August 27, 2009, it became known that the Peruvian government had Interpol searched for Pizango and requested his extradition .

On May 26, 2010 Pizango returned to Peru of his own volition. He was arrested on arrival and conditionally released the next day.

In August 2010, Pizango announced at a press conference in Lima that an indigenous party would be founded in September, the Alianza para la Alternativa de la Humanidad (Alliance for the Alternative of Humanity, APHU). Pizango wants to run at its head in the Peruvian presidential elections in 2011.

See also

On the Indian policy of the colonial powers in America, compare:

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Remarks

  1. ^ Deutsche Welle demonstrations in Peru are escalating
  2. ↑ UPDATE 1-Peru may use army to end protests at energy sites , Reuters News Online, August 19, 2008 ( Memento of June 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ Peru throws out Amazon land laws , BBC News Online, August 23, 2008
  4. ↑ Peru Indians: Uprising of the Poorest , BZ News online, June 7, 2009
  5. ^ Outbreak of violence during protests ( Memento from August 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ A stage win for Peru's Indios , Wiener Zeitung
  7. ↑ Nicaragua da asilo al líder de la revuelta indígena en Perú , El País of June 10, 2009
  8. ↑ Perú permite salir del país al líder de las protestas indígenas elpais.com of June 17, 2009
  9. ↑ FAZ Online Indios give up their blockades and Alberto Pizango durante el cierre de la IV Cumbre Continental Indígena May 31, 2009
  10. ↑ SZ Online Der Zorn des Urwalds ( Memento from June 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ^ Peru's indigenous win victory over lands , CNN, June 18, 2009
  12. ↑ Quarrel with indigenous people: Peru's president gives in ; taz , Gerhard Dilger from June 19, 2009
  13. ↑ Peru's government requests Alberto Pizango's arrest and extradition, in: Living Peru, August 27, 2009 ( Memento of September 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ Alberto Pizango LOGRA la libertad condicional. In: teleSUR. May 27, 2010, accessed May 24, 2015 (Spanish).
  15. ^ Mathias Hohmann: Indigenous people in the Amazon found a party. In: amerika21. August 15, 2010, accessed August 15, 2010 . Alexander U. Mathé: Indigenous people in Peru are planning a green party. In: Wiener Zeitung . August 13, 2010, accessed November 21, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Pizango, Alberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pizango Chota, Segundo Alberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Peruvian President of the indigenous organization AIDESEP
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Balsapuerto , Alto Amazonas, Loreto region