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Patricia Gualinga
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Patricia Gualinga is a defender of indigenous rights and a leader of the Kichwa indigenous community of Sarayaku, Ecuador.
Patricia Gualinga defiende los derechos de los indígenas y es líder de la comunidad indígena Kichwa de Sarayaku, Ecuador.
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Commentary
Commentary: With Pope Francis' environmental encyclical, at last a spiritual leader whose voice was heard around the world understood what we, the indigenous peoples, had been trying to explain without being understood.
Con la encíclica ambiental del Papa Francisco, por fin un líder espiritual respetado y escuchado en todo el mundo, comprendía lo que nosotros, los pueblos indígenas, habíamos estado tratando de explicar sin ser entendidos.