Hundreds of insurgents and protesters across the indigenous region of Araucania in Chile carried out sabotage actions and demonstrations against forestal machinery and exploitation of ancestral Mapuche land, demanding its immediate handing over to the original tribes and families who inhabited it, many of who still exist displaced today.
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Thousands of protesters across Chile returned to the streets of multiple cities in support of the political prisoners of the social war, including anarchists, Mapuche insurgents, and participants in the 2019 uprising. Police attacked the demonstrations occurring, causing intense clashes in several locations.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Chile in support of the prisoners of the social war in Chile, including anarchists, Mapuche insurgents, and participants in the 2019 national uprising. Police attacked the demonstrations in several cities, leading to widespread clashes throughout the night.
Clashes continued between Chilean government forces and indigenous insurgents in the region of Araucania, with Mapuche groups reclaiming ancestral land and sabotaging assets of extractivist companies contributing to deforestation.
Dozens of protesters gathered in Santiago in support of Mapuche & anarchist political prisoners of the social war and the 2019 uprising in Chile, demanding an immediate general pardon and release for them all. Police repressed the demonstration with water cannons and tear gas, forcing the crowd to disperse.
Around 4000 people arrived in Lumako for the Eluwün (funeral) of Mapuche chief Pablo Marchant, killed by police during clashes at the site of an attack on deforestation equipment by insurgents seeking to reclaim land belonging to the indigenous people of Chile.
Dozens of protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets, tagging graffiti, blocking roads, and burning barricades in solidarity with Mapuche chief Pablo Marchant, killed by police during an attack by indigenous insurgents on deforestation equipment.
Dozens of protesters and insurgents continued to mobilize and carry out operations for a 3rd day, setting up roadblocks and barricades across the indigenous region of Araucania in Chile following the police killing of Mapuche chief Pablo Marchant, during a sabotage operation against companies responsible for deforestation.
Hundreds of protesters in Santiago gathered in condemnation of the police killing of Mapuche chief Pablo Marchant during a sabotage operation against deforesting companies. Police repressed the demonstration with water cannons and tear gas, forcing them to disperse.
Clashes across the indigenous region of Araucania continued after the police killing of Mapuche chief Pablo Marchant during a sabotage operation against deforestation equipment, with protests and roadblocks occurring in various roads and cities.
Clashes occurred between insurgents and Chilean government forces across the indigenous region of Araucania after the killing of Mapuche chief Pablo Marchant, in a fight with police during a sabotage operation against deforestation equipment in the town of Carahue.
Hundreds of protesters in Santiago gathered for a round of demonstrations in support of Mapuche & anarchist political prisoners of the social war in Chile. Police attacked the demonstration with water cannons, making mass arrests of participants while other demonstrators threw rocks at their vehicles.
Strong clashes occurred in the town of Cañete during a demonstration in support of Mapuche political prisoner Oscar Pilquiman, an indigenous activist framed for a robbery in 2019. Police attacked the crowd with water cannons and tear gas, while protesters returned the favor with Molotov cocktails.
Thousands of protesters gathered at a vigil in the Santiago neighborhood of Villa Francia in memory of the recently deceased Luisa Toledo Sepúlveda, a Mapuche & left-wing activist well-known for speaking out about the murder of her 2 children under the Pinochet dictatorship.
Over 100 protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets to demand the release of the political prisoners of the Mapuche social struggle and 18th of October Uprising, at the same time that the new Constitutional Convention, meant to create a new constitution for Chile, met for the first time.