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Protest against the visit of Chile's President Michelle Bachelet to California

by Miguel Astudillo (ma_astudillo [at] hotmail.com)
Come join us for demonstrations at 4 pm outside the International House in Berkeley. 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley (corner w/ Bancroft Way)
Let Bachelet know that we are aware of the ongoing repression against the mapuche and the student movement; That we are aware of her neoliberal agenda working close with multinational corporations and selling the country to the highest bidder.
"The Transformation of Chile"???

To all the Chileans and to the International Community in the Bay Area, this is a call to participate in a protest at the University of California, Berkeley. Michelle Bachelet, the President of Chile, has been officially invited by our republican governor, Arnold Schwartznegger and will be speaking about the economic cooperation agreements reached between her government and California. These agreements were reached by the political and economic elites of both countries behind closed doors.

This is why we believe it is necessary and urgent to expose the false image that the government of the Concertacion in Chile is attempting to show the international community and we repudiate and reject this “Transformation of Chile” that this government proposes.

We want to denounce the repression and systematic imprisonment of the Mapuche people.
We demand the unconditional and immediate release of the Mapuche political prisoners. (Info about Mapuche struggle)
http://www.mapuche.info/index.html

We demand the immediate release of the documentary filmmaker, Elena Varela, arrested for documenting the reality of the Mapuche communities and the battle being waged against them by the forestry companies (see link of trailer of the documentary that has been confiscated by the intelligence services in Chile)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Y4MZWapuM

We demand the abolition of the Anti Terrorist Law, which was imposed by the Pinochet dictatorship and continues to be utilized by the government of the Concertacion to imprison Mapuche leaders and activists in general.(link click aquí to learn more about the Antiterrorism Law).
http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/10/26/chile9566.htm

We demand the immediate abolition of the General Education Law which will completely privatize public education in Chile. We also demand an end to the repression being waged against the student movement. (Info about the student movement in Chile in link)
http://www.fsrn.org/content/students-protest-education-reform-chile/2227

We demand a stop to the construction of hydroelectric dams in the Patagonia that are stealing the natural resources in the south of Chile that belong first and foremost to the original peoples of Chile. Info in link
http://www.patagoniasinrepresas.cl/final/

We ask for an end to the destruction of the glaciers in the Andes mountains due to exploitation of gold and other minerals by the mining company Barrick Gold in the Pascua Lama project. Info in link
http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Chile_en/Pascua_Lama_Background

We invite you to participate peacefully at this protest to be held on Thursday June 12, 2008 at 4pm outside the International House at the Chevron Auditorium at 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley (corner of Bancroft Way).
Bring signs, and your musical instruments.
For more Information please call Pancho Pescador (510) 714-0127




“La Transformación de Chile” en un paraiso de las Multinacionales.


A todos los Chilenos y la Comunidad Internacional del Area de la Bahia, este es un llamado para manifestarnos en la Universidad de California, Berkeley, por la visita de la Presidenta de Chile Michelle Bachelet invitada por el gobernador republicano Arnold Schwarzenegger para firmar una serie de acuerdos de “cooperación” económica entre Chile y California. Estos, ideados por las elites políticas de ambos países a puertas cerradas.

Por eso creemos necesario y urgente manifestarnos para desenmascarar la falsa imagen que el gobierno de la Concertacion esta mostrando a la comunidad internacional y rechazamos rotundamente esa “Transformación de Chile” que el mal gobierno nos impone.

Queremos denunciar la represión y el encarcelamiento sistemático del pueblo Mapuche.

Exigimos la libertad incondicional e inmediata de los presos políticos Mapuche. (Info sobre Mapuche)

Exigimos la libertad inmediata de la documentalista videografa, Elena Varela, arrestada por mostrar la realidad de las comunidades Mapuche y sus conflictos con las forestales. (CLICK AQUI para ver el trailer del documental incautado por los servicios de inteligencia de Chile)

Exigímos la derrogación absoluta de la Ley Antiterrorista, ley que fue impuesta por la dictadura y que todavía sigue usándose en contra del pueblo Mapuche y activistas en general. (click aquí para info sobre Ley Antiterrorista)

Exigimos la derogación inmediata de la Ley General de Educación la que privatizará por completo la educación pública en Chile y el cese a la represión en contra del movimiento estudiantil. (Info sobre el movimiento estudiantil)

Alto a la construcción de represas hidroeléctricas en la Patagonia que están usurpando los recursos naturales del sur de Chile y de los pueblos originarios. (Info aqui)

Pedimos un cese a la destrucción de los glaciares en la cordillera de los Andes para la explotación minera de la compañía Barrick Gold y su proyecto Pascua Lama. (Info aquí)

Por lo que los invitamos a participar pacíficamente de una manifestación que se llevará a cabo el día Jueves, 12 de Junio de 2008 a las 4pm afuera del International House Auditorio Chevron del International House ubicado en 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley (esquina Bancroft Way)

Lleven carteles, sus instrumentos musicales, trutrukas y kultrunes,

Marichiweu

Para mas información, puede comunicarse con Pancho Pescador (510) 714-0127


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