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Latin America

EarnestPutz

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3. Please don't think that I was being flip about the Mapuche protestors. I'm sure that...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 30, 2021, 05:13 PM

Jan 2021

....there are plenty of graves in Chile that hold the broken and deformed bones of overworked indigenous people who were victims of the Spanish "encomienda".

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Chile police officer sentenced for killing of Mapuche farmer on 'historic day' [View all] Judi Lynn Jan 2021 OP

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Something needs to work out for righteous protesters in our country by now, instead of murders. Judi Lynn Jan 2021 #2

Please don't think that I was being flip about the Mapuche protestors. I'm sure that... EarnestPutz Jan 2021 #3

It's amazing how self-righteous the Spanish government still feels about its "victories". Judi Lynn Feb 2021 #4