Minister of Public Health and Social Welfare Esperanza Martinez of Paraguay
Esperanza Martinez is an oil expert and founder of environmental action organsiation Oil Watch, based in Ecuador.
Esperanza Martinez is the founder of the association “Accin Ecolgica”, member organisation of “Friends of the Earth”, in Ecuador, co-ordinator of the observation ward for eco-political development of the Amazon area, and co-founder of Oilwatch, an international network set up to defend delicate eco systems and the ancient rights of indigenous population against the ravages caused by extraction of petroleum.