Tupak Amaru Viteri Gualinga is the young Vice President of the Sarayaku federation. Named for the last monarch of the Incan Empire, he comes from a long familial line of leaders steeped in Sarayaku’s struggle to defend their culture and territory. He has traveled to Europe and Costa Rica in representation of Sarayaku. Together with President Jose Gualinga, he is working to force the Ecuadorian government to comply with the favorable decision from the Inter-American Human Rights Court and defend Sarayaku lands from new oil extraction.
