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Forest fires in Chile stoke tensions over indigenous land rights | Gavin O’Toole
The Chilean government’s use of anti-terror laws against indigenous Mapuche ‘arsonists’ provokes outrage, as NGOs claim commercial forestry practices are to blame for firesLea este artículo en españolEscalating tensions between the Mapuche people and Chile’s government following a spate of devastating forest fires reveal the high cost of policies that champion multinational corporations by subordinating environmental protection to market growth. The fires have thrown into stark relief the consequences of a strategy that has made Chile a rising star in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, yet has made few concessions to indigenous rights and remains deaf to warnings about forestry practices.