{"id":891,"date":"2017-12-03T13:02:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T13:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kula.si\/?p=891"},"modified":"2017-12-03T13:04:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T13:04:39","slug":"facing-a-new-repression-of-the-mapuche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kula.si\/?p=891","title":{"rendered":"Facing a new repression of the Mapuche"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facing a new repression of the Mapuche people that ended in the assassination of 22-year-old mapuche Rafael Nahuel in the Province of Rio Negro, Argentina<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Since August this year, indigenous peoples -and in particular the Mapuche people- have reached a previously unheard of media presence, in close connection with an event that shocked Argentina: the forced disappearance (and later confirmed death) of the social activist Santiago Maldonado, after the border police (Gendarmer\u00eda) arrived to dismantle a roadblock, breaking into the \u201cPu Lof en Resistencia\u201d Mapuche community of Cushamen, in Chubut Province (Southern Argentina).<\/p>\n

On November 26th, the Mapuche community Lafken Winkul Mapu in the Lake Mascardi area, located about 35 km from San Carlos de Bariloche, Province of R\u00edo Negro, was brutally repressed by the Federal Police and the coast guard, Prefectura Naval Argentina<\/em>. The tragic result of the repression was the murder of 22-year-old Mapuche Rafael Nahuel. Other two Mapuches were hospitalized in the hospital of Bariloche, with live-ammunition wounds. In addition, several other acts of violence perpetrated by law enforcement bodies have been reported in the area. Among the most outrageous was the incarceration of children who where separated from their caretakers and confined in a local police station, violating the most basic human rights and the international Convention on the Rights of the Child.<\/p>\n

These events are neither surprising nor coincidental. For some time, the National government \u2013particularly the Ministry of Security, and with the consent of the media\u00a0 \u2013 has begun a process of demonization and stigmatization which has no other objective than to construct a so-called “internal other” or dangerous internal, that today is principally embodied in the Mapuche people and other indigenous groups. This stigmatizing demonization, which when carried out by the State has repressive consequences of remarkable gravity, takes place within the context of the great speculative avidity that Patagonian territories are gaining in the face of the voracious advance of neo-extractivist policies.<\/p>\n

In Argentina there is an increasing vulnerability of democratic institutions, evidenced by repeated examples of repression exerted on the Argentinian society in general, but particularly on indigenous communities. The disappearance and subsequent death of Santiago Maldonado as well as the existence of indigenous political prisoners in different provinces in Argentina (Chubut, Neuqu\u00e9n, Jujuy, Formosa, among others), force us- as professionals who have been working with indigenous groups- to emphasize the seriousness of these events.<\/p>\n

Therefore, we demand the effective enforcement of existing legislation that guarantees the rights of the indigenous peoples [provided by the Argentinian Constitution (Article 75, paragraph 17), various international agreements (Convention 169 of the International Labor Organization and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples), as well as other national, provincial and local legislation], by the authorities of the various state actors. We urge the institutions involved and the media to stop the current stigmatization and concealment process. We call on the entire academic community and society as a whole to demonstrate against these terrible events. We demand an end to the violence perpetrated against indigenous communities and a thorough investigation, trial and sentencing of those responsible.<\/p>\n

Dr. Stephen Grant Baines1<\/sup>, Dr. Alejandro Balazote2 3<\/sup>, Dra. M\u00f3nica Ber\u00f3n2<\/sup> 4<\/sup>, Lic. Malena Castilla2<\/sup>, Dr. Juan Engelman2 3 4<\/sup>, Dra. Isis Mar\u00eda Cunha Lustosa5<\/sup>; Lic. Nadia Molek2<\/sup>; Prof. Alejandra P\u00e9rez2<\/sup>, Lic. Ludmila Quiroga2 6<\/sup>, Dr. Juan Carlos Radovich2 4<\/sup>, Dr. Hugo Trinchero2 4 7<\/sup>, Dr. Sebasti\u00e1n Valverde2 3 4<\/sup>, Prof. Mar\u00eda Laura Weiss2 4<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n

1\u00a0 <\/sup>Departamento de Antropolog\u00eda (DAN), Universidad\u00a0de\u00a0Bras\u00edlia\u00a0(UnB);\u00a0Investigador\u00a01A\u00a0del\u00a0CNPq;\u00a0 Coordinador del Laborat\u00f3rio y Grupo de Estudios en Relaciones Inter\u00e9tnicas (LAGERI); Coordinador del Comit\u00e9 Pueblos Tradicionales, Medio Ambiente y Grandes Proyectos, Asociaci\u00f3n Brasile\u00f1a de Antropolog\u00eda – ABA, Gesti\u00f3n 2017-2018<\/p>\n

2 <\/sup>Fac. de Filosof\u00eda y Letras \u2013 Universidad de Buenos Aires (Ciudad Aut\u00f3noma de Buenos Aires, Rep. Argentina).<\/p>\n

3<\/sup> Dto. de Cs. Sociales, Universidad Nacional de Luj\u00e1n (Ciudad de Luj\u00e1n, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Rep. Argentina).<\/p>\n

4<\/sup> Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cient\u00edficas y T\u00e9cnicas \u2013 CONICET (Ciudad Aut\u00f3noma de Buenos Aires, Rep. Argentina).<\/p>\n

5 <\/sup>Laborat\u00f3rio\u00a0 de\u00a0Estudios\u00a0e\u00a0Investigaciones\u00a0de\u00a0las\u00a0Din\u00e1micas\u00a0Territoriales\u00a0(Laboter),\u00a0Instituto de Estudios Sociambientales (IESA), Universidad\u00a0Federal\u00a0de\u00a0Goi\u00e1s\u00a0(UFG).<\/p>\n

6<\/sup> Universidad de Mor\u00f3n (Ciudad de Mor\u00f3n, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Rep. Argentina).<\/p>\n

7<\/sup> Universidad Nacional de Jos\u00e9. C. Paz (Jos\u00e9. C. Paz, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Rep. Argentina).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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