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BĂĄrbara D'Achille (1941-1989) was a Latvian-Peruvian journalist and conservationist. [1] She was born in Latvia but spent most of her adult life in Western Europe and South America. [2] She wrote for El Comercio, where she managed a regular ecology section. [3] Brown describes her as Peru's foremost environmental journalist. [4] She also consulted for the World Wildlife Fund and other international NGOs. [2]
In 1989 she was killed by members of Shining Path while traveling in Huancavelica. [1] She was 48. [1] A colleague, Esteban Bohorquez, was also killed. [5]
D'Achille had a daughter, Daina. [6] Pampa Galeras â Barbara D'Achille National Reserve is named after D'Achille, as is the Manu parrotlet (Nannopsittaca dachilleae). [2] D'Achille's murder is discussed in the final report of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. [7] A character resembling D'Achille appears in Mario Vargas Llosa's novel Death in the Andes. [8]
References
- ^ a b c Fixemer, Maria. "Environmental Writing in Times of Terrorism: The Peruvian Journalist BĂĄrbara DâAchille.â Environment & Society Portal, Arcadia (Spring 2019), no. 10. Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. doi.org/10.5282/rcc/8498.
- ^ a b c O'Neill JP, Munn CA, Franke I (1991). "Nannopsittaca dachilleae: a new species of parrotlet from eastern Peru" (PDF). Auk. 108: 225â229.
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^ Chastain, Andra, and Timothy Lorek (2020).
Itineraries of Expertise: Science, Technology, and the Environment in Latin America. University of Pittsburgh Press.
ISBN
9780822987321.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) - ^ Brown, Cynthia G. (1990). In Desperate Straits: Human Rights in Peru After a Decade of Democracy and Insurgency. Human Rights Watch. ISBN 9780929692647.
- ^ Human Rights Watch. Defending the Earth: Abuses of Human Rights and the Environment 1992. Page xiv.
- ^ Zapata, Javier. "Daina DâAchille: 'Mi madre fue asesinada a pedradas por Sendero Luminoso'". Peru21. 12/09/2023.
- ^ Informe Fina. ComisiĂłn de la Verdad y ReconciliaciĂłn (in Spanish).
- ^ Isabelle Tauzin. Le dĂ©chiffrage archaĂŻque et les dĂ©mons du pouvoir: Lituma en los Andes. Isabelle Tauzin-Castellanos. LâAmĂ©rique latine Ă©cartelĂ©e: pouvoir et violence Ă lâĂ©preuve de la fiction, PUF; CNED, 2012, 9782130606871. hal-02280578. Page 16.
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BĂĄrbara D'Achille |
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BĂĄrbara D'Achille (1941-1989) was a Latvian-Peruvian journalist and conservationist. [1] She was born in Latvia but spent most of her adult life in Western Europe and South America. [2] She wrote for El Comercio, where she managed a regular ecology section. [3] Brown describes her as Peru's foremost environmental journalist. [4] She also consulted for the World Wildlife Fund and other international NGOs. [2]
In 1989 she was killed by members of Shining Path while traveling in Huancavelica. [1] She was 48. [1] A colleague, Esteban Bohorquez, was also killed. [5]
D'Achille had a daughter, Daina. [6] Pampa Galeras â Barbara D'Achille National Reserve is named after D'Achille, as is the Manu parrotlet (Nannopsittaca dachilleae). [2] D'Achille's murder is discussed in the final report of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. [7] A character resembling D'Achille appears in Mario Vargas Llosa's novel Death in the Andes. [8]
References
- ^ a b c Fixemer, Maria. "Environmental Writing in Times of Terrorism: The Peruvian Journalist BĂĄrbara DâAchille.â Environment & Society Portal, Arcadia (Spring 2019), no. 10. Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. doi.org/10.5282/rcc/8498.
- ^ a b c O'Neill JP, Munn CA, Franke I (1991). "Nannopsittaca dachilleae: a new species of parrotlet from eastern Peru" (PDF). Auk. 108: 225â229.
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^ Chastain, Andra, and Timothy Lorek (2020).
Itineraries of Expertise: Science, Technology, and the Environment in Latin America. University of Pittsburgh Press.
ISBN
9780822987321.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) - ^ Brown, Cynthia G. (1990). In Desperate Straits: Human Rights in Peru After a Decade of Democracy and Insurgency. Human Rights Watch. ISBN 9780929692647.
- ^ Human Rights Watch. Defending the Earth: Abuses of Human Rights and the Environment 1992. Page xiv.
- ^ Zapata, Javier. "Daina DâAchille: 'Mi madre fue asesinada a pedradas por Sendero Luminoso'". Peru21. 12/09/2023.
- ^ Informe Fina. ComisiĂłn de la Verdad y ReconciliaciĂłn (in Spanish).
- ^ Isabelle Tauzin. Le dĂ©chiffrage archaĂŻque et les dĂ©mons du pouvoir: Lituma en los Andes. Isabelle Tauzin-Castellanos. LâAmĂ©rique latine Ă©cartelĂ©e: pouvoir et violence Ă lâĂ©preuve de la fiction, PUF; CNED, 2012, 9782130606871. hal-02280578. Page 16.
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