AFP/
Amazon indigenas leader Alberto Pizango, 45, announced he will run in the April 2011 presidential election.
In June 2009, Pizango led a violent strike of indigenas in Bagua that resulted in 34 deaths, including 24 police officers.
He joins a crowded field of candidates.
FOR PREVIOUS STORY ON CANDIDATES, SEE:
http://thehypervigilantobserver.blogspot.com/2010/11/peru-ex-prez-toledo-announces-for.html
Popular Posts
- RUSSIA : Putin's Police Make Preemptive Strike On Leading Protest Opponents.
- MEXICO: Narcos "Force Down" Police Helicopter In Michoacan.
- BOLIVIA: Morales Continues Verbal Assault On USA's "Meddling"; USAID Expulsion Threatened.
- VENEZUELA : After Denials...Chavez Admits He Needs 3rd Cancer Surgery.
- BOLIVIA: Raging River Sweeps Away Bus, Truck; At least 34 Dead.
- SLOVENIA : 100,000 Public Workers Strike Over Wage Cuts; PM Jansa Under Pressure.
- UKRAINE / EU : Kyiv Cancels Yalta Summit...After 13 Leaders Bail; Yulia Ends Hunger Strike, Accepts Medical Treatment.
- USA / PANAMA / MIDEAST : Oil Tanker Hits Destroyer In Straits Of Hormuz...Leaving Huge Gash.
- CZECH REPUBLIC: Poll Shows Czechs Finicky About Tolerance.
- ARGENTINA : Ex-President De La Rua Tried For Corruption.