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Edwin Chota
Edwin Chota (1962 – 1 September 2014) was a Peruvian environmental activist and a leader of the Asháninka indigenous group and the president of the settlement of Saweto, Peru. On 1 September 2014, Chota and three other community leaders, Jorge Ríos, Leoncio Quinticima, and Francisco Pinedo, were shot and killed by illegal loggers while they were protesting the illegal harvesting of mahogany within the boundaries of Saweto's land claim. The section of land claimed by Saweto is home to approximately 80 percent of the illegal logging in Peru. For 13 years, Chota had led the fight for the Peruvian government to recognize their land claims and end the illegal logging. In response to the murder, the Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest The Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Rainforest (, AIDESEP) is a Peruvian national Indigenous rights organization. A National Board of Directors is elected by nine regional organiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saweto, Peru
Saweto, also spelled Soweto, is a small village of mostly Asháninka people in Peru. Located within the Ucayali region, the village lies deep in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest, Amazon, on the Alto Tamaya river, near the Brazilian border. The people of Saweto have engaged in a continuous struggle for official title from the Peruvian government to the land they inhabit. This would help enforce against illegal activities, like logging, and encroachment. The village and its struggle gained widespread national and international media coverage following the murder of Saweto's leader, Edwin Chota, and three others, in September 2014, by illegal loggers as they crossed the Brazilian border to meet with leaders of another – though related – indigenous community. With increased pressure from the media following these assassinations, the Peruvian government granted legal title to the people of Saweto on January 30, 2015. This land title grants the Asháninka people of Saweto 80,000 hecta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |