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Mapuche
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Ma·pu·che  (mä-pch, -ch)
n. pl. Mapuche or Ma·pu·ches
1. A member of a South American Indian people inhabiting south-central Chile.
2. The Araucanian language of the Mapuche. Also called Mapudungun.

[Mapuche : mapu, earth + che, people.]


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Chile's use of the anti-terrorism law for crimes committed by Mapuche in the context of land conflicts, which do not approach this threshold of seriousness, is not only inappropriate but also reinforces existing prejudices against the Mapuche people," reads a 2004 HRW report co-authored with the Region IX-based pro-indigenous-rights group Observatorio Ciudadano (OC).
The controversial law triples the punishment for arson and illegal land occupation and has been used 16 times in the past decade, mostly against the Mapuche people who claim sovereignty over ancestral lands in southern Araucania region.
JANUARY CHILE Indigenous rights activist Patricia Troncoso, serving 10 years in prison, calls off her 111-day hunger strike--the longest in Chilean history--undertaken to draw attention to the plight of the Mapuche people.
 
 
 
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