International Debt
Adolfo Perez Esquivel
Friday, 01 Oct 1999 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Adolfo Perez Esquivel is the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize winner. An accomplished sculptor and architect, he founded the Peace and Justice Service, a grassroots network of organizations throughout South America. When the right-wing military took control of the Argentinian Government in 1976, Esquivel worked for the "disappeared" and was even held prisoner and tortured. He is the President of the international League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples and the author of Christ in a Poncho and Walking Together with the People.Part of the World Affairs Series: Globalization - Prospects For Democracy and Freedom.
Adolfo Perez Esquivel is the recipient of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize. An Accomplished sculptor and architect, he founded the Peace and Justice Service, a grassroots network of organizations working throughout South America. He worked on behalf of the "disappeared" when the right-wing military took control of the Argentinean government in 1976, and was held prisoner and tortured himself. He is the president of the International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples, and the author of Christ in a Poncho and Walking Together with the People.
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