Native People

Llellipun and Candles for Jaime Mendoza Collío I

Llellipun and Candles for Jaime Mendoza Collío I

A last good bye was the main idea that gathered different mapuche and people in solidarity with their struggle. With a Llellipun and lighting candles in the Welen Hill they show their respect to Jaime  and his struggle for liberation.

Cordón Macul Remembers Jaime Mendoza Collío

Cordón Macul Remembers Jaime Mendoza Collío

24 years Jaime had when he was murdered by a police man on August 12ve 2009. Jaime was a member of the Requem Pillan Mapuche community, and he was involved in the occupation of the San Sebastián land. Patricio Jara Muñoz was the police guy that with his 9mm gun put the end of the [...]

Remembering Matías Catrileo, one year after his assassination

Remembering Matías Catrileo, one year after his assassination

One year ago, Matías Catrileo -a student as a mapuche activist- was assassinated by chilean police in the south of chile when they were trying to occupy the ground of “Santa Margarita”, which is traditionally claimed as theirs, but now is owned by Jorge Luchsinger latifundary. You can read more info in Wikipedia.

Rally in Solidarity with Temucuicui Community

Rally in Solidarity with Temucuicui Community

December 9th, Santiago. Around 200 people gathered to rally in solidarity with Temucuicui, a mapuche autonomous community, where their member are beeing arrested because absurd charges invented by the chilean state. Even Patricio Queipul Millanao, a 13 years old kid, was arrested and interrogated by civilian police The main intention of the rally was to [...]

Action in Solidarity with Political Prisoners and the Mapuche Nation

Action in Solidarity with Political Prisoners and the Mapuche Nation

28/11/08.- A group of people gathered outside the Metropolitan Cathedral to ask for the freedoms of all political prisoners in chile and outside the borders; one of them chain himself to the building. This is the communique: Today, November 28th of this year, from Santiago, Chile, the opresed people rise ups against a system imposed [...]

October 12ve – Big demo in solidarity with Mapuche People

October 12ve – Big demo in solidarity with Mapuche People

More than 5k people gathered to rally in support with native people in a new conmemoration of the spanish invasion. More info please visit: hommodolars, redchem and santiago.indymedia.org.

October 12ve – Banners and Graffiti

October 12ve – Banners and Graffiti

More than 5k people gathered to rally in support with native people in a new conmemoration of the spanish invasion. This are some banners and graffiti made in the demo.

Riots near the October 12, the day of the invasion

Riots near the October 12, the day of the invasion

While in the mapuche people is suffering the repression from the chilean state in the south, in Santiago the youth combatant took the streets again to confront the riot police, the same that have been harassing to woman and children just because they are mapuche, as an act of solidarity.

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