(EDITORS NOTE -- RESENDING PREVIOUS VERSION TO CORRECT THE PRONUNCIATION OF "MAPUCHE")
For the Mapuche Indians in Chile, it started with a barrier on the road. Within hours, the indigenous group were battling with police over access to the highway.
Masked men hurled stones and set small fires while police used water cannons and tear gas to drive the masked men out.
By nightfall, the Mapuche had set fire to several trucks.
A minority in Chile with just around one million people, the Mapuche are protesting plans for construction of an airport on what they say is ancestral land.
Deborah Gembara, Reuters.
For the Mapuche Indians in Chile, it started with a barrier on the road. Within hours, the indigenous group were battling with police over access to the highway.
Masked men hurled stones and set small fires while police used water cannons and tear gas to drive the masked men out.
By nightfall, the Mapuche had set fire to several trucks.
A minority in Chile with just around one million people, the Mapuche are protesting plans for construction of an airport on what they say is ancestral land.
Deborah Gembara, Reuters.
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