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Americas Program Special Report
Historical Mapuche Hunger Strike Ends in Success
Patricia Troncoso forced Michelle Bachelet's insensitive government to yield and allow her weekend passes and completion of her sentence at a work-study center MORE
Human Rights in Chile still under threat
International organisations continue to raise concerns about violations taking place under the present democratic government MORE
Mapuche Indians in Chile Struggle to Take Back Forests
"From the moment the Chilean state annexed Mapuche territory,
and used violence to do so, the rule of law has never existed south
of the Bío-Bío," MORE
United
colours of land grab
Patagonia became a private dominion
for foreign and Argentinian landowners, decimated, the original
inhabitant. Today Benetton is behind the round of evictions against
the Mapuche
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The Mapuche
and the Chilean media
The media is a vehicle for spreading
racial and cultural prejudices against the Mapuche and is used by
the authorities when they need to justify the assimilation policy
which they have introduced against our people MORE
Building
a case for Mapuche self-determination
The signing of treaties between the
Mapuche nation and Spain constituted a formal recognition of the
existence and independence of each nation by the other MORE
Argentina's
Forgotten People
In 1997 Benetton bought Patagonian land
from the British Compania Tierras del Sur Argentina S.A. for 50
million dollars. The Mapuche have lived in these territories for
13 000 years MORE
The 'people
of the land'
The Chilean authorities have detained
many Mapuche activists, invoking anti-terrorism laws, which deprive
detainees of the right to a speedy trial and allow prosecutors to
withhold evidence from defence lawyers MORE
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