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Argentina: Mapuche occupy oil wells to protest Chevron
Mapuche in southwestern Argentina followed through on their promise to block oil drilling by Chevron in their territory—they occupied four oil wells.
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Argentina: Mapuche to block Chevron from territory
Argentina’s Mapuche say they will challenge a hydrofracking deal with Chevron, the multinational scofflaw that refuses to pay $19 billion it owes indigenous Ecuadorans.
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Chile: Mapuche leaders demand autonomy
President Sebastián Piñera offered to have “consultations” with the Mapuche. Indigenous leaders responded by calling for self-government.
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Chile: hydro projects threaten sacred Mapuche sites
Plans for a major hydroelectric plant in southern Chile have been stalled by environmental concerns and oppostion from Mapuche communities fearing the loss of sacred sites.
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Chile: 20 arrested at Mapuche prisoner’s hearing
Some 20 Mapuche protesters, including women and children, were assaulted and arrested as they demonstrated outside a hearing for a prisoner on hunger strike.
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Chile: Mapuche hunger striker reported near death
“It was painful to see him,” a Spanish legislator said about the imprisoned activist, who had been on hunger strike for 74 days. “Mr. Héctor Llaitul could die at any moment.”
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Chile: ‘terrorist’ attacks in Mapuche region
The Chilean government prepared to step up repression against Mapuche activists after an elderly couple died in a fire set at their estate by some 20 masked men.
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Chile: Supreme Court annuls Mapuche convictions
The Supreme Court quashed the convictions of two Mapuche prisoners for attempted homicide of police agents; the prisoners had protested their convictions with a 60-day fast.
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Chile: thousands march for indigenous rights
Thousands marched in Santiago to demand respect for the rights of Chile’s indigenous peoples, while nine Mapuche prisoners maintained a hunger strike.
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Chile: five more join Mapuche prisoners’ fast
Five Mapuche prisoners began a hunger strike on Oct. 1 in Temuco, joining four Mapuche prisoners who have been on hunger strike in Angol since Aug. 27.
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Chile: Mapuches block roads to protest court decision
Huilliche activists blocked a highway, burning rubbish and setting up barricades to protest a Supreme Court decision denying them access to a sacred site.
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Chile: Mapuche prisoners start latest hunger strike
Seven Mapuche activists went on hunger strike to protest what they consider the Chilean government’s repression of struggles by the indigenous group to regain ancestral lands.