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Shea, S. (2011, December 20 ). Chile's Mapuche community finds international support. Santiago Times .
This newspaper article is about a request made to the United Nation by a group of authors, artists, and academics from Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Mexico, Guatemala and the United States to help stop the violence against the Mapuche people. The letter addressed to the UN Rapporteur for the Rights of Indigenous People, sort for an immediate intervention. The Mapuche are about 600,000 in number and mainly reside in the Araucania Region of southern Chile. This is a ten-year conflict based on land dispute between Chilean government and the Mapuche Indians. The Mapuche claim ancestral land ownership and on the other hand, the government is keen on using it for development projects. In the letter, the group accuses the police of using excessive force, citing human rights abuse against the Mapuche. They accused the government of neglecting the rights of the indigenous people while focusing on attaining economic power.
Annotation: The Santiago Times founded in 1990, is a newspaper published in Santiago that circulates in Chile and many regions of Latin America. It reports majorly on environment and socio economic issues. The paper is available online in both English and Spanish languages. The Santiago Times focus on reporting the Mapuche struggle and that is essential for this topic. However, there is possibility of biasness due to the sensitivity of the Mapuche issue...
The paper is relevant to this topic because it covers every issue that affects the Mapuche and is focused on the struggle with dedicated reporting. Besides, the paper is Chilean and Mapuche issue is a Chilean issue. Santiago Times is straight on issues and is not an entertainment paper. With Steve Shea, especially on the ongoing Mapuche strangle, it is definite that there is comprehensive coverage shedding light on the happenings in Araucania.
Quilodran, F. (2011, June 3). Chile Court rules on case of Mapuche Indians. The Seattle Times .
Abstract: This article is on a Chilean court's ruling that downgraded convictions from murder to assault and robbery against four Mapuche activists. Despite the downgrading, the ruling did not help the situation, the convicts continued with their action against what they termed as use of anti-terrorism law against the Mapuche people. The four were hoping to be freed and added that the government's use of dictatorship era law imposed on them hash sentences that violated their due process and pledged to go on with their action. The activists' convictions were as result of anonymous witnesses paid to testify against them. This is their second hunger strike, in 2010; they joined other Mapuches in a 82 day hunger strike until their demands were met, soon after, the government reneged on the agreement. A sister to one activists stated that the strike would continue. She said this while marching with dozens…
References
Carruthers, D., & Rodriguez, P. (2009). Mapuche Protest, Environmental Conflict, and Social
Movement Linkage in Chile. Third World Quarterly .
Quilodran, F. (2011, June 3). Chile court rules on case of Mapuche Indians. The Seattle Times .
Shea, S. (2011, December 20 ). Chile's Mapuche community finds international support.
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