“In the so-called Pacification of Araucania, the Chilean army with the complicity of the Catholic church, invaded our territory, burned our homes, killing our people and drowning babies in the rivers,” said Lonko Juana Calfunao, who led representatives of South America’s indigenous Mapuche people to the international criminal court (ICC) at The Hague to take action against the governments of Chile and Argentina for acts of genocide and crimes against humanity. “Even today … we are hostages of states that don’t recognize our Mapuche nationality.”
About 1.5 million Mapuches live in Chile, and 200,000 in Argentina.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/12/indigenous-mapuche-accuse-chile-brazil-genocide
About 1.5 million Mapuches live in Chile, and 200,000 in Argentina.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/12/indigenous-mapuche-accuse-chile-brazil-genocide
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