‘Lost kingdom’ of Patagonia stands up for Mapuche
…from Tourtoirac, crossed Chile’s Rio Biobío into Mapuche lands never colonized by either the Spanish empire or the Chilean state. The Biobío was recognized as the northern border of Mapuche…
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Mapuche protest abuse of Chilean terror laws to OAS
…prosecutions of Mapuche activists accused under this unjust anti-terrorist legislation.” (Mapuchexpress, via Rebelión, May 30. More information on the Bio-Bio hydro project available at Mapuchexpress.) See also WW4 REPORT #95…
Argentina: Mapuches reclaim land from Benetton
…of us who are revaluing cultural diversity,” the Mapuche said in a communique on Feb. 14, the day of the occupation. (Communique from Pueblo Nacion Mapuche, Feb. 14) The Santa…
Chile: Mapuche prisoners strike
…pardon Mapuche prisoners sentenced under the anti-terrorism law. (presospoliticosmapuche.org, April 18) The International Human Rights Federation (FIDH) also recently issued a report questioning the use of the anti-terrorism law in…
Chile: Mapuche hunger strike continues
On Nov. 29 five Mapuche rights activists were in the 51st day of a hunger strike at the Angol prison in Chile’s Region IX. Each of the hunger strikers—Mapuches Jaime…
Chile: Mapuche acquitted of “terrorist” charges
…cannons against a march in Santiago in support of the Mapuches on trial in Temuco. Six people were detained and two were beaten. (Public Communique from the Organizacion Mapuche Meli…
Chile: Mapuche student killed in land conflict
…region of Araucania, presumably by police agents. He and other Mapuche activists were setting fire to bales of hay; the estate, which the local Mapuche community claims as part of…
Chile: Mapuche end hunger strike
…PS senator Jaime Naranjo helped broker the agreement, with mediation from Temuco bishop Manuel Camilo Vial and from lonko (Mapuche community leader) Jose Cariqueo. Mapuche activists Juan Patricio Marileo Saravia,…
IRAQ’S CIVIL RESISTANCE
…protesters demand new government /node/14765 Mass protests shake Baghdad regime /node/14231 Resistance to ISIS mounts in Syria, Iraq /node/13401 Charges dropped against Iraq oil union leader /node/12767 Iraq: civil resistance…
Chile: Mapuche march on Santiago to mark Columbus invasion
…of Chile. The Mapuche are also among the poorest and most marginalized groups in Chilean society; the rural Mapuche population lives in conditions of extreme poverty. (UNPO, Oct. 11) See…
Chile: Mapuche activist continues fast
…an immediate easing of conditions for Mapuche prisoners Jaime Marileo and Juan Millalen and a resolution of the prisoners’ situation by March. Troncoso is a non-Mapuche supporter of the Mapuche…
Chile: UN indigenous rights rapporteur fears abuse of Mapuche people
…the police break up Mapuche street protests violently and have raided Mapuche communities without proper authorization. “I’ve received a lot of documentation from NGOs [nongovernmental organizations] that I consider to…