Posts Tagged ‘Chile’
Everything is Under Control
9:49 am By Maegan La Mala · Blogs| Justice| Latin America| MINNEAPOLIS| Politics| RNC08| St. Paul| US Presidential Race 2008 · Comments Off
7 Sep 2008
Nezua, who was at the front lines of the power trip show that was the reaction to the protest cries at outside the RNC, has some amazingly scary images of police presence. Then I came across this image, and the similarities were striking.
The line given to us living in the United States is that it’s for our protection, our safety, our order, so that we can go one with our lives, meaning swallowing whole the lies fed to us via the primetime coverage. But who is included in this Our?
When You’re a Stripper in Santiago…
8:58 am By Maegan La Mala · Chile| Controversia| sex| society · Comments Off
14 Jul 2008…don’t try working it on the poles of the city’s metro, or you’ll get carted away:
Chilean stripper Monserrat Morilles wanted to draw attention to what she called the “conservatism” of Chilean society in a special way — by showing subway riders how she earns her keep. Apparently authorities weren’t amused, as evidenced by the above video, which shows Ms. Morilles (a.k.a. “La Diosa del Metro”) being taken away in a paddywagon.
Regardless, it looks like Montse got her point across!
Via / Reuters
Chile Celebrates Allende’s 100 Years
7:13 pm By Maegan La Mala · Chile| Latin America| Politics| history · 4 Comments
26 Jun 2008
Salvador Allende — the democratically elected president of Chile ultimately overthrown by dictator Augusto Pinochet and his compinches — would have been 100 years old today. In Chile, his birthday was celebrated and the validity of his message still resonates today:
Outside of the Palacio de Gobierno, the place where Allende committed suicide after the military coup of 1973, hundreds of sympathizers , politicians and human rights groups commemorated the birthday of one of the biggest symbols of socialism in Latin America and the world.“He is more relevant than ever, in the new, old and future generations,” said senator and daughter of the ex-leader, Isabel Allende.
“In every corner of the world we need to fight for greater equality, for the unsatisfied needs, the inequality, discrimination…there the legacy of president Allende will always be present,” she said.
Indeed. Have a look at Allende’s farewell speech to the people of Chile. His sacrifice was not in vain. As Allende said “I will always be next to you. At least my memory will be that of a man of dignity who was loyal to his country.”
Via / El Universal
Chilean Teachers Protest Against Education Inequality
4:30 pm By Maegan La Mala · Activism| Chile| Education| Latin America · Comments Off
17 Jun 2008
An on-going series of public manifestations against the state of the Chilean education system came to a head yesterday as hundreds of school teachers took the streets, and at least 20 broke into the Palace of the Moneda, throwing about pamphlets expressing their opposition to the “Ley General de la Educación”. 12 teachers were arrested when they tried to submit a document with their demands to the government at the palace.
The National Organization of teachers has called for a strike which was set to begin yesterday and extend into Thursday, and its spokesperson said that 90% of the schools in the Santiago metropolitan area would stop classes, while the Chilean Minister of Education debunked the claim, saying that 1800 schools in the capital were having classes.
Meanwhile, several schools and universities have been taken over by student protesters, and according to Mexico’s La Jornada, at least two — the University of Santiago and the University of Valdivia — have been “vacated” by the carabineros.
The new Chilean education law at the center of this public backlash is said to perpetuate the breach between rich and poor with regard to education, and is costing president Michelle Bachelet some major popularity points. For some background on the LGE, check out Chilean college student-blogger Ernesto Manriquez’s analysis of the legislation and what it will change.
Via / La Jornada
Image via Arriving at the horizon on Flickr
For the past few days, I have been following the story on TV Nacional de Chile on the search for a single-engine Cessna and its passengers that just vanished in the 11th region of Chile. The area in Aysen has been called the Chilean Bermuda Triangle because of a few planes that have presumably crashed in the heavily forested area and not found. Late yesterday this plane, that had been traveling from the southern port city of Puerto Montt to a village known as La Junta, was found, with 9 of its 10 inhabitants alive and not seriously injured. There was one, casualty, the pilot of the plane.
Via / BBC
Chile Closes Victor Jara Case
11:31 am By Maegan La Mala · Activism| Chile| Controversia| Justice| Latin America · 1 Comment
19 May 2008
In a shocking move, a Chilean judge has closed the investigation into the death of iconic activist singer Victor Jara, tortured gunned down in 1973 by the dictatorship:
With just one person tried, judge Juan Eduardo Fuentes Belmar closed the investigation phase of the case of the crime against Victor Jara, which took place in September of 1973.However, it’s probable that the appeals court will force the magistrate to reopen the investigation, as the plaintiff will appeal the closing [of the case].
The widow, Joan Jara, said yesterday that she was “shocked” by Fuentes’ decision, while the plaintiff’s attorney, Nelson Caucoto said that there are still other officials who participated in the torture and murder of the mythic singer, as well as the murderer himself, who still have not been identified.
It’s pretty sad Chile has such a hard time prosecuting the perpetrators of the crimes committed in its dark history.
Via / La Nación
15 centimeters of white covers the ground in the town of Chaiten, Chile and white stuff keeps falling from the sky. It’s not a fall snowstorm in the 10th region of Chile but ash from the Chaiten Volcano that erupted on Thursday after being quiet for thousands of years.
What has followed has been the ground shaking beneath the feet of residents of Chaiten and nearby Futuleufu and Chana. Gas, food, and drinking water have been hard to come by for those who didn’t or couldn’t evacuate. Those that did leave their homes did so by boat to Puerto Montt, a city north of the area or by going east to Argentina. This area is fairly isolated and not easy to get to or from by car.
Chilean Women Renounce Catholicism In Protest of No Public Access to Morning After Pill
12:00 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism| Chile| Health| Religion| Women · Comments Off
25 Apr 2008
When a Constitutional Court of Chile blocked a government-sponsored program that distributed emergency contraceptives to women as young as 14 free of charge, thousands of people protested in the capital of Santiago.
Now, hundreds are planning to renounce their membership in the Roman Catholic Church on April 29, since the court’s decision is linked to the Vatican’s position that the morning after pill is akin to at best birth control, at worst, abortion.
No Free Morning After Pill in Chile
11:48 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile| Health| Women · Comments Off
7 Apr 2008
After a long battle within the Chilean courts, the Constitutional Court of Chile on Friday blocked a government-sponsored program that distributed emergency contraceptives to women as young as 14 free of charge. The morning after pill, as it is commonly known, will still be available at pharmacies with a doctor’s prescription. The problem is that in a country where abortion remains illegal and underground illegal abortion clinics abound, women in Chile, especially poor women in Chile who do not have regular medical care, will be pushed further underground when it comes to their sexual health.
Via / Jurist
Urban Female Youth Culture in Chile : Pelolais vs. Pokemones : It is About the Politics Bobos
1:56 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Chile| Magazines| society · 4 Comments
20 Mar 2008
It’s been quite a few years since I’ve lived in Chile, but thanks to my Chilean partner, my half Chilean children, and DirectTV, I keep up with Chilean culture which is why I was kind of pissed off by Newsweek’s one dimensional interpretation of urban youth identity in Chile summed up by the Pokemones vs. the Pelolais.
According to the Newsweek article, Pokemones are all about looks, sex, and materialism and nothing of substance. They are, according to the article the new urban tribe taking advantage of a good Chilean economy with no political inclination at all.
Absent from the article, and corrected by one commenter, is the fact that the majority of Pokemones (so named, correct me if I’m wrong) not for the cartoon characters per se but because like the Pokemon characters, they are many. There is power in being part of a group and every group has an ideological enemy. In the case of the Pokemones, that enemy would be the pelolais.
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