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Members of the local Mapuche Indian community participate during a "Xrawen" at Puerto Dominguez town near Temuco city
23 Aug 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Members of the local Mapuche Indian community participate during a "Xrawen" (meeting) at Puerto Dominguez town near Temuco city, some 677 km (420 miles) south of Santiago August 22, 2009. The people are meeting to discuss about Chile“s indigenous politics after the death of Jaime Faculdo Mendoza Collio, 24, a Mapuche Indian who died on August 12, 2009 after being shot during clashes with the police in a land dispute in southern Chile, local media reported. Picture taken August 22, 2009. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE POLITICS CONFLICT SOCIETY)
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