Jailed Peasant Leader Wins Goldman Prize
From Times Wire Reports
Imprisoned “peasant ecologist” leader Rodolfo Montiel has won the prestigious $125,000 Goldman Environmental Prize. Montiel, 44, led a band of peasants fighting to protect forests in Guerrero state. The prize was one of six the San Francisco-based Goldman Environmental Foundation awards annually.
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