Demóstenes
Toribio

Demóstenes Toribio (born 1977 in El Potrillo, Argentina) is a common communicator, translator, andeducator. He belongs to the Wichí people. He works as a radio announcer and founded an online radio station where he translates relevant news and creates content of interest to Wichí-speaking listeners. He is a member of the Wichí Language Council, an advisory and consultative body dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and study of the Wichí language and culture.
Demóstenes Toribio is a bilingual Wichí-Spanish translator and interpreter for Acceso a la Justicia and he collaborates on various research projects that encourage the dissemination of the Wichí language and culture in audiovisual media, opinion columns, literature, and documentaries. He collaborates with the Silät weavers’ organization, and he is currently a professor at the National University of Salta, where he teaches the Wichí Language and Culture course. He lives in Tartagal, Salta, but is originally from the Argentine province of Formosa.