Peggy Lowry, a member of the SAIIC Committee, recently returned from a trip to Chile, where she had the opportunity to visit several Mapuche communities and organizations. In the following comments she talks about what she learned.
Tensions between traditional coca growers and government officials has erupted in violence and protests as indigenous communities try to secure their traditional crop in the face of a growing drug industry,
The Cauca Regional Indian Council (CRIC) released a statement in regard to the military strife in Colombia, rejecting the declaration of a M-19 Guerilla movement.