Extractivist capitalism has uses the state and its idea of 鈥減rogress鈥 to justify jailing Mapuche defenders of the land, writes Daniel Minchekew眉n.
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Three years after the alleged forced disappearance of Argentinian activist Santiago Maldonado, the Benetton family continues to violate indigenous rights in Patagonia, writes Marcella Via.
This week marks the 100th day of hunger strikes by Mapuche spiritual leader聽Celestino C贸rdova and 27 other Mapuche imprisoned by the Chilean state for聽protesting their removal from their land and community, writes Pedro Alvarez.
The recent death of 24-year-old Mapuche activist Camilo Catrillanca, who was gunned down in a police raid, has sparked wide聽听补苍诲听聽throughout Chile, writes 搁辞诲谤颈驳辞听础肠耻帽补.
Much of central Santiago de Chile has been brought to a standstill by protests against the police killing of 24-year-old indigenous Mapuche activist Camilo Catrillanca on November 14. Catrillanca joins Mati谩s Catrileo, Jaime Mendoza Collio, Alex Lem煤n, Jos茅 Huenante and Rodrigo Melinaeo, all young Mapuche men who have been killed by Chilean police or disappeared while in police custody in recent years.
Chile鈥檚 new president, Sebastian Pi帽era, of the right-wing party National Renewal (RN), has announced that he plans to 鈥渕odernise鈥 the country鈥檚 Anti-Terror Law.
More than 2000 people demonstrated on September 26 in Chile's capital Santiago to support four Mapuche Indigenous community members who have been on hunger strike in prison for 113 days.
The four were charged under a controversial anti-terrorism bill passed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
More than 100,000 people filled the Plaza de Mayo in the country鈥檚 capital, Buenos Aires, on September 1 to demand the reappearance with life of indigenous rights activist Santiago Maldonado. The rally was held to mark a month since 28-year-old Maldonado was last seen.
Maldonado had been participating in a protest with a group of indigenous Mapuche people on August 1 in Chubut province, in Argentina鈥檚 iconic Patagonia region. The protest was repressed by Border Force officers, who witnesses allege were seen dragging Maldonado into a van.
September 1 marks one month since the last time he was seen. Santiago Maldonado, a 28-year-old artisan, was protesting on August 1 in solidarity with the struggle of the Mapuche people from the Lof Cushamen community in Chubut province, in Argentina鈥檚 Patagonia region.