Rubber Barons’ Abuses Live On in Memory and Myth
Indigenous South Americans who lived during the rubber era weave fact and myth to pass down their collective memories as both witnesses and survivors.
Leonardo Tello Imaina
Leonardo Tello Imaina is the son of an Achuar mother and a Kukama father—and the 10th of 13 children. He studied agronomy at the Instituto de Educación Superior Tecnológico Público “Joaquín Reátegui Medina.” Since 2010, he has been the director of Radio Ucamara in Nauta, where he and his colleagues have launched various projects that seek and demand respect for the rights of Indigenous peoples. He believes that memories, dreams, and myths show us elements that are key to our lives and relationships.