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Q'orianka Kilcher y la comunidad Achuar en la Selva Peruana
By: Teague Schneiter
Posted: Sep 17 09
Witnessed: 1314 times
Regions: Peru
Issues: Corporations and human rights, Environment, Food & health & development, Indigenous peoples, Sanitation, Water
16-year old Hollywood actor and activist Q'orianka Kilcher's visit to Peru's Amazon rainforest seeks to bring to light the 35 year struggle of the Achuar people against oil companies such as Occidental Petroleum. Leila Salazar, a campaigner for Amazon Watch from 2002-2006 comments on the meaning of Kilcher's visit.
Full description available via YouTube in Spanish.
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