Santiago Manuin Valera

Santiago Manuin Valera (1 January 1957 – 1 July 2020) was a Peruvian human rights activist and indigenous leader.

He was a key leader of the Aguaruna people in Peru.

He was President of the Committee for the Struggle for Respect for Indigenous Peoples of Condorcanqui.

During a police crackdown on dissenters in 2009, he was shot, but survived the encounter.

He and other activists were blocking a road to protest the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.