Monti Aguirre

International Rivers Network

Monti Aguirre is the Latin American program coordinator for the International Rivers Network where she supports local movements for the protection of rivers, examines the effects of new hydro-projects, and designs strategies to counteract their negative effects on the environment and indigenous peoples' rights, and is co-producer of the 1991 documentary ""Amazonia: Voices From the Rainforest."" She has also worked with the Environment Action Coalition and El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice in New York City.

Featured Work

APR 26, 2004 Article

Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 11 (Spring 2004): Environmental Rights: Online Exclusives: Interview with Cristobal Osorio Sanchez

Sánchez is a survivor of massacres perpetrated against the Maya-Achí community of Rio Negro, Guatemala, and one of the Chixoy Dam-affected people. He is ...