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Clashes break out as hundreds march for Mapuche rights in Chile

2013-10-13 106 Dailymotion

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />Some 700 members and supporters of Chile's Mapuche Indians, the fierce opponents of Spanish conquerors five centuries ago, marched in Santiago on Saturday, renewing demands for their ancestral lands.<br/> <br />As they chanted and played folkloric instruments, the crowd wound down the street carrying two large effigy wearing traditional clothing.<br/> <br />Many wore masks over their faces to protest the country's tough Anti-Terrorism Law that was passed in the Pinochet era and they feel has been used disproportionately against members of the Mapuche community.<br/> <br />The Mapuche, which means "Earth People" in the Mapudungun tongue, are demanding the return of lands taken from them by decrees from the colonial conquests to the 1973-1990 dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.<br/> <br />Many of those lands in southern Chile, about 350 miles from the capital of Santiago, are now occupied by private owners and multinational corporations.<br/> <br />The protesters are also de

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