Marcelo Saavedra Vargas on Climate Justice -- An Indigenous Perspective 1/3

This talk was a part of Indigenous Sovereignty Symposium - Indigenous Sovereignty Week 2010 in Ottawa, unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Territory.

Marcelo Saavedra-Vargas is currently National Coordinator of the Bolivia Action Solidarity Network (www.grupoapoyo.org), President of the Group of Support for the Peoples of the Americas (GAPA), advisor to the Federation of Peasant Workers Tupaj Katari and the National Council of Ayllus and Markas of the Qullasuyo (CONAMAQ), member of the Council of Andean First Nations (CANO, www.pusinsuyu.com). and prior advisor to the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of El Ecuador (CONAIE -- www.conaie.org). Marcelo is currently a Professor for the Program of Aboriginal Studies, University of Ottawa and previously a researcher for the North-South Institute's "Indigenous Perspectives" project.

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He is a descendent of the great Inca Empire so as a Native Canadian I bow down to him and not the Chinese people.