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Máxima Acuña

1970 - Today

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Máxima Acuña is a Peruvian subsistence farmer and environmentalist, who is known for her fight to remain on land wanted for a new mine, the Conga Mine, enduring years of violent intimidation by Newmont Mining Corporation and Buenaventura (mining company), for which she received the 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Máxima Acuña is the 777th most popular social activist (down from 754th in 2024), the 233rd most popular biography from Peru (up from 241st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Peruvian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Máxima Acuña ranks 777 out of 840. Before her are Ruhollah Zam, Zainab Salbi, Khalid El-Masri, Medea Benjamin, Samar Badawi, and Lillian Ngoyi. After her are Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Inez Milholland, Hector Pieterson, Lina Ben Mhenni, Rouzan al-Najjar, and Kumi Naidoo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Máxima Acuña ranks 868. Before her are Mike Modano, Arnold Wetl, Andreas Wecker, Velko Yotov, Hiroshi Miyazawa, and Mike Mitchell. After her are Kate Raworth, Sojiro Ishii, Ștefan Preda, Heather Nauert, Stéphane Houdet, and Yannis Ploutarchos.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Máxima Acuña ranks 233 out of 287. Before her are Nadine Heredia (1976), Raúl Gorriti (1956), José del Solar (1967), Hugo Gastulo (1957), Jaime Yzaga (1967), and Christian Cueva (1991). After her are Luis Horna (1980), Carlos Zambrano (1989), Julio Granda (1967), José Luis Carranza (1964), Andrés Mendoza (1978), and Yoshimar Yotún (1990).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Peru

Among social activists born in Peru, Máxima Acuña ranks 6. Before her are Túpac Amaru II (1738), Abimael Guzmán (1934), Hilda Gadea (1925), Micaela Bastidas (1744), and María Elena Moyano (1958).

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