- According to the Ministry of Justice of Chile, he will be admitted to the Intercultural Hospital of the New Imperial until his full recovery. He will then be transferred to a Centre for Education and Work (ICN), with permission to make 30-hour trips to his home community.
This Tuesday, after 107 days of hunger strike, Mapuche leader Celestino Córdova has signed an agreement with the Chilean Government, which has decided to disconvene the hunger strike. The Latin American Counter and Summary, among others, have made this fact known by the media. Córdova has reached an eight-point agreement granting him permission to go to his country of origin during the execution of the sentence, "which may be extended up to a maximum of 30 hours and which fulfils the conditions imposed by the health and prison authorities". Likewise, the agreement states that Córdova will "stay in the Intercultural Hospital of the New Imperial until his complete physical and spiritual recovery, including orientations". To do so, it will collect the treatments agreed between the official health professionals and the traditional Mapuche medicine.
More achievements
As for the other 27 Mapuches on hunger strike, the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights has committed "not to be disciplined by the Gendarmerie of Chile when the strike is disconvened, based on the resolution adopted". The presentation to the Education and Labour Centres of persons deprived of their liberty from the peoples of origin shall be facilitated, at their request. Finally, the request for review of precautionary measures through the Public Criminal Defense Agency will be facilitated. For example, making it possible to comply with preventive prison in the homes.
Witnesses
The talks between the Ministry of Justice and the Mapuche delegation have been mediated between the director of the National Institute of Human Rights, Sergio Micco, the vice-president of the Medical College, Enrique Morales, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Enrique Morales. In addition, Cristina Romo, the representative of Córdova, and Giovanna Tafilo, have witnessed together with four parliamentarians elected by Córdova: Karol Cariola (PC), Emilia Nuyado (PS), Claudia Mix (Common) and Juan Ignacio Latorre (RD) complete the list of additions to the Middle Ages List.