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In August of 1985 Juan Francisco Fresno, Cardinal
of Santiago, issued the "National Agreement
for the Transition to a True Democracy" which
called for reconciliation and a move toward democacy.

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The on-going conflict between the inhuman dictatorship of General Pinochet and grassroots organizations continues to effect the Mapuche. On September 3, in Temuco, 300 miles south of Santiago, paramilitary commandos fired at the office of the Mapuche…

"It has been more than two hundred years since the wars of Indian liberation led by
Tupak Amaru and Tupak Katari. A war of liberation ends when the cause of justice
triumphs, or when the enemy totally destroys the people.

Traditional communities are subject to serious violations of their human rights since the military government was installed under General Pinochet in the bloody coup in 1973.

The Mapuche Situation, with Decree Law 2568 of 1979, the military regime of Pinochet provides for the extermination of Mapuche communal lands.

The Mapuche people are one of the groups most affected by the extreme oppression with which the Military government deals with most of the Chilean population.

After the announcement of Chile's entry into the North American Free Trade Agreement, indigenous groups speak out against the potential economic and territorial consequences of the agreement for indigenous communities.

ENDESA. the largest private company in Chile is planning to construct six hydroelectric dams on the Biobio river in southern Chile. ENDESA now says it will move ahead with construction of the largest of the Biobfo dam called Ralco. Ralco threatens to…

The Chilean government has convicted Mapuche people for the "illegal usurpation of land." The Chilean government have imposed harsh fines, which the Mapuche are attempting to appeal.

SAIIC organizes a campiagn to demand the Chilean government to end its persecution of the Mapuche people.

The Council of All Land announces the Second Tribunal of the Mapuche Nation to analyze the violations committed against the Mapuche nation.