Chile: another Mapuche leader arrested
Early on March 20 in Tirua, in Chile’s Region VIII, police arrested Jose Huenchunao Marinan, a Mapuche community leader (werken) and activist who had been in hiding for nearly three…
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Chile: thousands mark 40th anniversary of coup
…The Mapuche, Chile’s largest indigenous group, suffered disproportionately from the Pinochet regime. Although the Mapuche say Chile’s left parties didn’t have programs that incorporated the full range of indigenous demands,…
Student protests rock Chile; Mapuche suspend hunger strike
…observe the June 5 strike in solidarity with the students. (El Mostrador, Chile, June 4) Meanwhile, on May 26 four imprisoned Mapuche rights activists decided to end their hunger strike…
UN expert urges Chile to stop using anti-terror law
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism on July 29 urged Chilean authorities to refrain from applying anti-terrorism legislation that directly impacts the Mapuche indigenous people. Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson…
ENOUGH WITH THE HUGO CHAVEZ HERO WORSHIP
…if we would like it if a foreign parliament opined on situations like that of the Mapuche.” The Mapuche have long suffered abuses at the hands of the government and…
Chile: Mapuche environmental activist dies
The body of Chilean environmental activist Nicolasa Quintreman, an indigenous Mapuche from the Pehuenche subgroup, was found on Dec. 24 floating in the Lago Ralco reservoir in Alto Bío Bío…
CHILE: MASS PROTESTS AT APEC MEET
…where they are serving sentences for convictions related to the Mapuche conflict. Another eight defendants–seven Mapuche activists and one non-Mapuche supporter–have been charged in the same case but remain at…
Chile: thousands march for indigenous rights
…to celebrate,” Mapuche spokesperson Natividad Llanquileo told reporters. The Mapuches resisted the Spanish for some 300 years but were defeated militarily in the late nineteenth century and were forced into…
EASTERN ANATOLIA: IRAQ’S NEXT DOMINO
…Turkish intolerance fuels PKK resurgence /node/901 Terror in Turkey /node/787 PKK expands presence in Iraq–and Iran? /node/900 Uprisings rock western Iran /node/896 More Kurdish unrest in Syria, Iran /node/950 Kurdish…
EASTERN ANATOLIA: IRAQ’S NEXT DOMINO
…intolerance fuels PKK resurgence /node/901 Terror in Turkey /node/787 PKK expands presence in Iraq–and Iran? /node/900 Uprisings rock western Iran /node/896 More Kurdish unrest in Syria, Iran /node/950 Kurdish leader…
BEHIND THE “SOLDIERS OF HEAVEN”
…2007 /node/3108 Najaf: Shrine of Ali once again target of sectarian warfare WW4 REPORT, Aug. 11, 2006 /node/2310 Iraq: Samarra’s al-Askari dome destroyed WW4 REPORT, Feb. 22, 2006 /node/1642 More…
Chile: indigenous people faces extinction
…being committed against the Mapuche people in Chile. The delegation included reports of political detentions, lack of due process, police brutality and inhumane prison conditions (ST, March 9). The Mapuche…