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Pedro Josse Velasco Tumiña
HRD, leader, spokesperson
Movement of Indigenous Authorities of the South West (AISO)
Pedro Josse Velasco Tumiña or "Taita Pedro Velasco" is a Misak indigenous human rights defender and leader of the Misak indigenous people of the department of Cauca. He is currently a spokesperson for the Movement of Indigenous Authorities of the South West (AISO). For years he has accompanied community mingas and has participated in concrete actions for the recovery of memory and territoriality having a key role in the struggle to the recovery of indigenous lands in Colombia.
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