Justice Disserved for Indigenous Prisoners

Having just been talking about the different classifications of the "peoples" of Latin America based on race and ethnicity, and how that relates to social relations within the continual ethnic power struggle, this article is especially prevalent. The Mapuche Indians in Chile are now in conflict with the Chilean government, who claim that the government has "criminalized" their land-rights protests. Similarly, we see indigenous peoples who do not speak national languages who are jailed because they are unable to defend themselves legally.

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