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Lost HighwayHuman and Amazon rights, writer, freelance journalist
PassionsI live in the Colombian Amazon, in the Guaviare, a place where the birds sing every morning to welcome me, and the rivers roar help me cool down. I used to live in Africa and then travelled for 5 years in Latin America, residing among indigenous peoples, such as the
Bri-bris in Costa Rica, the
Kogis in Colombia, the
Qeros in Peru, the
Uchupiamona in Bolivia, and the
Guaranis in Paraguay. I am passionate about archeology (I (re) discovered
ruins in Peru) and ancient arts, but do not mind trying to understand quantum physics or modern art. I like literature and philosophy, love
cinema thats makes you dream intelligently. I am interested in the present and the past, because the future concerns us all.
BackgroundI am the founder of the
Guardians of the Amazon (2024-), an NGO dedicated to
protecting the Amazon and its original inhabitants. I am also a
tourism promoter (2024-), aiming to offer alternatives to former guerrillas and drug traffickers in Colombia. I am a freelance
journalist (2020-), helping sometimes marginalized communities to make their voice heard. I am also an
international consultant on human rights (2023-), helping activists to pursue their goals without maximum efficiency. I hold a master's degree in international relations from the
Graduate institute (2001-2005), I am the former director of programmes of
UPR Info (2008-2017), an international
human rights NGO that I co-founded. I was also national manager at
EAGLE (an NGO fighting against
trafficking in protected animals, 2017-2019). In this role, I was in charge of infiltrating criminal networks to put an end to their illegal activities. I was member of the Committee of the
Green party of Geneva (2011-2012), in Switzerland. As a volunteer journalist and activist for
Amnesty International's Swiss chapter (2010-2013), I organized many activities to denounce
the death penalty and torture all over the world. Finally, I am the author of
Pour une poignée d'ivoire (2023), a
book about my experience in wildlife counter-trafficking in Africa.
I honor the ethical and practical fights, that is to say those for which my action can make a difference for the most disadvantaged, be they humans or animals.
Last blogs
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UN Watch, l’effroyable impostureJ’ai travaillé avec des ONG internationales dans la capitale des droits humains, Genève, participé à la fondation de l’une d’entre elle, et fondé encore une autre ONG en Amérique Latine. Je connais le monde international en qualité de praticien, et il me semble nécessaire de dénoncer les activités néfastes de UN Watch, qui perdurent depuis deux […]
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La fin du libéralisme et la fin de la culpabilité – Israël perdra la guerreLe sentiment culpabilité vis-à-vis des victimes, qui a conduit à la construction de l’ordre libéral mondial après la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, est en perte de vitesse depuis un peu plus d’une décennie en Occident. Il n’est pas étonnant que l’ordre libéral soit lui aussi mis à mal. Les événements qui s’accélèrent au Proche Orient depuis […]
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La baleineNous voilà avec notre corps debout dans le soleil comme un palais plein de merveilles, mais, vous qui cherchez la vérité, ô âmes graves et nobles, descendez sous les fondations, de caves en caves. Moby Dick, Herman Melville Le dernier film de Darren Aranofsky, the whale (la baleine), est un bijou incompris. Le réalisateur, encensé […]