Hugo Blanco, Environment Activist Who Targeted Capitalism, Dies at 88

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• Americas|Hugo Blanco, Environment Activist Who Targeted Capitalism, Dies at 88 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/world/americas/hugo-blanco-dead.html Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT In Peru, he argued that global capitalism was at the root of the global ecological crisis, and he spent decades fighting for an alternative.
• He led marches against mines, rallied international support for the Amazon and organized efforts to expand autonomy for Indigenous people
• Credit...Vincent/Gamma-Rapho, via Getty Images Published Sept. 14, 2023Updated Sept. 16, 2023 When asked to explain his worldview, the renowned Peruvian political and environmental activist Hugo Blanco liked to tell a story about mushrooms.
• More about Clay Risen A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 17, 2023, Section A , Page 28 of the New York edition with the headline: Hugo Blanco, 88, Tireless Advocate For Environment and the Oppressed.

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