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Juan Carlos Jintiach

Executive SecretaryGlobal Alliance of Territorial Communities

Biography

Juan Carlos Jintiach Arcos, current Executive Secretary of the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (AGCT), recently nominated as a candidate for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, belongs to the Shuar people of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Partner and active member of the Interprovincial Federation of Shuar Centers of Ecuador - FICSH, member organization of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon - CONFENIAE, Former coordinator of International Cooperation of the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin - COICA , Former Parliamentary Advisor to an Amazonian Indigenous Congresswoman, former Coordinator of the Interfederal Committee of indigenous organizations such as: FICSH, NAE and NASHE.

He studied Natural Resources Management – Environmental Control and Environmental Administration at the University of San Francisco de Quito – Ecuador, an International Diploma from the International Training and Training Center for Indigenous Peoples at th