Thursday, September 11, 2008

MAPUCHE INDIAN WOMEN PROTEST IN CHILE








Several Mapuche native women jumped into a fountain in front of the presidential palace in Santiago, Chile.
They were protesting the jail sentencing of Patricia Troncoso another Mapuche activist, who is in her 104 day of a hunger strike.

She has been accused of "terrorist acts" due to setting fire at a ranch in the south of Chile.
Six of the Mapuche women were arrested by police.




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