Manari is a ceremonial leader and healer from the Sapara people who live in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. Manari has also been a key figure in the indigenous movement of his country as the Vice President of CONAIE (The National Indigenous Organization of Ecuador) from 2013-2016, and as the President of the Sapara Indigenous Federation […]
We speak with Atossa Soltani en World Ayahuasca Conference – AYA 2019
Atossa Soltani is the founder and board president of Amazon Watch, a nonprofit organization working to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. She served as the organization’s first Executive Director from 1996-2014. Currently Atossa is the Director of Global Strategy for the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative, working […]
We speak with Leila Salazar en World Ayahuasca Conference – AYA 2019
Leila is a mother, proud Chicana-Latina woman, and passionate defender of Mother Earth, the Amazon, indigenous rights and climate justice. Since 2015 she has served as the Executive Director of Amazon Watch, leading the organization in its work to protect and defend the bio-cultural and climate integrity of the Amazon rainforest by advancing indigenous peoples’ […]
We speak with Dennis Mckenna en World Ayahuasca Conference – AYA 2019
Dennis McKenna’s professional and personal interests are focused on the interdisciplinary study of ethnopharmacology and plant hallucinogens. He received his doctorate in 1984 from the University of British Columbia, where his doctoral research focused on ethnopharmacological investigations of the botany, chemistry, and pharmacology of ayahuasca and oo-koo-he, two orally-active tryptamine-based hallucinogens used by indigenous peoples […]
We speak with Giorgio Samorini en World Ayahuasca Conference – AYA 2019
Giorgio Samorini was born in Bologna (Italy) in 1957. He is an independent ethnobotanist who researches the traditional use of intoxicating plants and fungi in different cultures and their archaeological footprint. He has carried out research in modern ethnic groups in Africa, Latin America, Asia, specializing in the archeology and ethnography of intoxicating plants around […]
We speak with Dr. Rafael Guimarães Dos Santos en World Ayahuasca Conference – AYA 2019
Prof. Rafael Guimarães dos Santos holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and a Postdoctoral degree in Neuroscience. He is currently completing his postdoctoral studies in the Department of Neurosciences and Behavior at the Ribeirão Preto Medical School (University of São Paulo, Brazil), researching the potential therapeutic uses of ayahuasca, cannabidiol, and ibogaine in neuropsychiatric disorders. He […]
We speak with Jose Carlos Bouso at World Ayahuasca Conference – AYA 2019
Spectacular success of the 3rd edition of the World Ayahuasca Conference 2019. From May 31 to June 2, Foundation ICEERS organised AYA2019, held at the Palau de Congresos de Girona, the largest global meeting on Ayahuasca to date. The Alchimia Solidària Foundation was one of the main sponsors of AYA2019, which took place in the […]
We speak with Òscar Parés at World Ayahuasca Conference – AYA 2019
Spectacular success of the 3rd edition of the World Ayahuasca Conference 2019. From May 31 to June 2, ICEERS organised AYA2019, held at the Palau de Congresos de Girona, the largest global meeting on Ayahuasca to date. The Fundació Alchimia Solidària was one of the main sponsors of AYA2019, which took place in the historic […]