Religious leaders call for conscious voting in defense of the Amazon

As part of the “Grade Your Candidate” campaign, three prominent faith leaders issued a joint public call urging citizens to vote for candidates committed to the Amazon, Indigenous Peoples, life and nature. Published in Diario Voces, the article was signed by Monsignor Alfredo Vizcarra SJ, Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo; Pastor Ofelia Dávila, President of the Lutheran Church of Peru; and Reverend César Llanco, Bishop of the Methodist Church of Peru. The piece highlighted IRI Peru’s ethical voting criteria and promoted the “Grade Your Candidate” tool as a practical resource for informed electoral participation. By bringing religious leadership into the election debate, IRI Peru is helping voters connect integrity, public responsibility and forest protection.