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Patricia Troncoso aka La Chepa, a Chilean activist working in solidarity with the indigenous Mapuche community in Chile, has reinstated the hunger strike that landed her in a Temuco hospital after stating that the Chilean government hasn’t kept their end of the bargain that caused her to end her 112 day fast last month. Part of the bargain was that Troncoso be transferred to the Center for Work and Education (CET) owned by prison security in Angol, and also included Sunday outings to begin in March. Troncoso was in jail stemming from 2003 charges that she was involved in burning nearly 250 acres of pine plantations belonging to the Minico Company.

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