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CHILE: MAPUCHE KILLING SPARKS RIOTS IN SANTIAGO

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Daniel

Monday, 17 August 2009 Victim’s Autopsy Report Casts Doubts On Police Self-Defence Claim Sirens and tear gas filled the air near Metro (subway) Los Heroes in central Santiago Friday night as police and protestors clashed over the recent death of … Continue reading →

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CHILE: PHOTOJOURNALIST’S ATTACKER IDENTIFIED BY INVESTIGATORS

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Daniel

Wednesday, 19 August 2009 Spanish Correspondent Lost Visions In His Eye After Attack By Mounted Police In 2008 The police officer responsible for the May 2008 attack on photojournalist Víctor Salas has been identified by the civilian investigators, prompting a … Continue reading →

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I Fought the Law and the Law… has Tear Gas and Fire Hoses

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Daniel

So yesterday, in between bites of homemade Mexican food, I learned that there was going to be a protest that night, the latest in a series of public action sparked by the killing of a young Mapuche man by a … Continue reading →

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