In Collipulli
In Collipulli - “the colored lands” in Mapudungun, the language of the indigenous Mapuche people - stray puppies, covered with this ocher and red earth, play in the middle of an immense field where cranes, tractors and machines of all kinds are stationed. Most of these devices were set on fire and are out of order. An employee has come to pick up a 4 × 4 pickup - one of the most popular car models in Chile - while Yasna Navarrete and her father Juan are seeing the latest damage to their company, Sefomec. "
In total, we were burnt 45 machines
", explains Juan Navarrete. "
Nobody wants to assure us any more
," adds her 34-year-old daughter, with her hands blackened by grease. These attacks are
often accompanied by anonymous letters claiming the Mapuche cause.
», She assures.
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In the south of Chile, 600 kilometers from Santiago, the rural locality of Collipulli is the epicenter of the conflict between the Mapuche people (
“people of the land”
in Mapudungun) and forestry companies…
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