Through short documentaries, “Carreteras abiertas de America Latina” by Juan Miguel Salas Rodriguez and his team, shows us the everyday struggles of different Indigenous peoples in Latin America, from the South of Chile, up to the North of Mexico.

Their first documentary is about the Mapuche Nation, and their fight against the Multinational Forest Companies and the State of Chile. Particularly, the video showcase the Community of Temucuicui, located in the municipality of Ercilla.

Ercilla is one of the poorest municipalities in Chile, and yet home to the wealthiest forest companies in the world; where the police repression to Mapuche communities has become an everyday nightmare for community members, no matter whether they are children, women or elders.

The Mapuche leader interviewed in this documentary is Mijael Carbone. He is the main leader of the Mapuche Territorial Alliance, the Mapuche organization that was showcased last year at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver.

Please take 30 minutes of your time, and learn about the struggles of the Mapuche Nation.

Source: https://vimeo.com/47865802