Post by Okwes on Apr 14, 2008 12:38:13 GMT -5
Peruvian Honored for Defending Indigenous People
By Nora Boustany
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, April 26, 2007; Page A26
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/25/AR2007042502955.html
Growing up amid the Peruvian Amazon's raging rivers and rustling foliage, Julio Cusurichi Palacios learned at an early age how to balance nature's vast possibilities with his own limitations. He learned to leap from great heights and run long distances without getting hurt or lost. He dipped in fresh streams and trailed his father in the jungles.
This week, Cusurichi, 36, who came of age in the foothills of the Madre de Dios region at the southeastern tip of his native country, was awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. He was celebrated Wednesday night in Washington for his persistence in fighting for the creation of a territorial reserve for indigenous people living in voluntary isolation and for the protection of the unspoiled rain forests of his childhood.
By Nora Boustany
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, April 26, 2007; Page A26
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/25/AR2007042502955.html
Growing up amid the Peruvian Amazon's raging rivers and rustling foliage, Julio Cusurichi Palacios learned at an early age how to balance nature's vast possibilities with his own limitations. He learned to leap from great heights and run long distances without getting hurt or lost. He dipped in fresh streams and trailed his father in the jungles.
This week, Cusurichi, 36, who came of age in the foothills of the Madre de Dios region at the southeastern tip of his native country, was awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. He was celebrated Wednesday night in Washington for his persistence in fighting for the creation of a territorial reserve for indigenous people living in voluntary isolation and for the protection of the unspoiled rain forests of his childhood.