Chile: March in support of the Mapuche Resistance

March in support of the Mapuche Resistance – Resistance Is Life
(Yafungekelu weichan mew newentukelu)
Organization: MELI WIXAN MAPU

Mapuche Prisoner

Marri marri pu peñi, pu lamuen, pu wenuy ka kom pu che (Good day brother and sister, also friends and all people.)

Our Mapuche people are facing a complex situation.
The repression by the Chilean government continues with deliberately accusations against our noble communities in Resistance and against the Mapuche Political Prisoners.

Today there are more than 30 brothers and sisters who face persecutions. Four of them are carrying out an extreme hunger strike for more than 100 days. In addition, two young Mapuche Warriors (Weichafe) Luis Marileo and Patricio González were murdered by a former police officer and landowner in the Malleco region with out any punishment. Along this, the government of Chile and Argentina are preparing a persecution on the Indigenous Mapuche claims and our historically struggle as one nation on both side of the countries.

Chile and Argentina both protect the investments of landowners on a malicious way of the forestry companies and other multinationals that exploit and are devastating our territory and natural resources, affecting the harmony of the Mapu ñuke (mother earth) and also the future and right of our children to grow up in our Wallmapuche (Mapuche Land).

The “anti-terrorist” law inherited from the dictatorship of Pinochet and perfected by the agreement of the nueva mayoria (Bachelet) only pursues opponents, social fighters and mainly the Mapuche people. For all this, we extend a call to all people who sympathize with our struggle to participate on a big march in support of the Mapuche Resistance.

Date: October 9th. of 2017
Location: Italy Square (Plaza Italia), Santiago de Chile
Time: 11:00 Hours

Supported by different Werken (spokemen) of different Mapuche communities. Let us fill the streets of Alameda demanding our rights and expressing our support to our Pu peñi ka pu lamngen and to let them know that they are not alone.

“If they beat one Mapuche they are beating a whole nation”.
The only terrorists against our people are the Chilean and Argentine states.

Xipatupe Taiñon kom pu kona!
(Freedom of Mapuche Political Prisoners)

Chew Rume mulele Mapuche Newentulepe !!
(From anywhere we will fight united)

Tain kuivikecheyem ka taiñ ynankepuchoyun refnewentulepe taiñ kisu gnewual!!
(FOR OUR GRANDPARENTS AND OUR CHILDREN WE WILL RESIST!)

http://meli.mapuches.org/spip.php?article3415