The author learned of the non-violence movement in 1973, and one year later, a fugitive from Spanish military justice and in the middle of both Spain and Argentina’s dictatorships, he worked for over three years in the foothills of the Argentinian Andes with the indigenous Colla Indians. In 1992 together with several others he founded the Fundació S´Olivar in Mallorca, over which he presides to this day, and some years later, the International Forum for Truth and Justice in Africa of the Great Lakes Region. Since 1994 he has led several movements, written opinion pieces, given talks and received prizes and awards. Several authorities support him in his candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize.