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Mapuches decolonize public space.
  • In recent weeks, Mapuches have destroyed some of the most significant symbols of colonialism in Wallmapu, in the territory of the Mapuches, currently spread between the states of Argentina and Chile. In the cities of Temuco and Valdivia, in the counties of Arauco and Biobio, the statues have been demolished in honor of the Spanish conquerors and the Chilean military and politicians.
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The image shown in the network and in many media among the attacks against the states has been that of Temuco. There, the states were brought down in honor of the Spanish colonizers Pedro de Valdivia and García Hurtado de Mendoza and Diego Portales, considered the father of the Chilean State, along with other military and political leaders.

Then, they cut their heads off from the statue of the military Diego de Godoy and tied themselves to the state hand of the Mapuche leader Caupolican, who confronted the Spaniards in the 16th century.

Here are some images and videos of Maputxe's activities:

 

 

 

 

Statue of the Spanish conqueror Pedro de Valdivia dragging the land. Photo: Cristobal Saavedra Escobar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image of the state of Cañete in honor of the conqueror Hurtado de Mendoza.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statue of Valdivia painted in Concepción.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The XIX was the statue of Cornelio Saavedra that led the war against the Mapuches of the centuries in the town of Collipulli.