PERU: Indigena Leader Alberto Pizango Seeks Presidency.

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.

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PERU: Tribes May Form Party With Protest Leader As Presidential Candidate.

BBC/    Alberto Pizango, a protest leader and head of a 65 tribe coalition called Aidesep, announced that Amazon Indians may form their own political party with him as its presidential candidate. Alberto Pizango is a Shawi Indian who is charged with rebellion stemming from 2009 clashes over oil and gas exploration that killed 23 police officers and 10 civilians. The new party is to be known as the Alternative Alliance of Humanity and  also intends to field congressional candidates.

PERU: Native Leader Alberto Pizango Arrested On Return From Nicaragua.

GUARDIAN.      U.K./      Native activist Alberto Pizango was arrested upon arrival from Nicaragua. He fled Peru 11 months ago after charges over violent protests in the Amazon against oil and gas exploration that killed 23 police officers and 10 civilians. Before leaving Nicaragua, where he had immunity, Pizango told media he decided to return because "I think that I have waited too long and will make this enormous sacrifice that has cost me and is costing me so much".