Indigenous Chileans Still Fighting Pinochet-Era Highway Project

Inter Press Service: For more than two decades, Mapuche indigenous people in the Chilean region of Araucanía have been fighting the construction of the Ruta Costera (Coastal Highway), a megaproject initially conceived during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990) which has already caused significant archeological and cultural losses and damages. The Coastal Highway is meant to connect one end of Chile's long, narrow territory to the other, running north to south as close to the Pacific Ocean as possible. The...

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