Interview with Nico Salazar on Mapuche Struggle

About this episode

Nico Salazar discusses the Mapuche struggle for autonomy, land recovery, and the impact of settler expansion.

We trace how the Mapuche won autonomy in the nineteenth century, lost land to settlers and plantations, and now reclaim territory to rebuild food systems, ceremonies, and health. Nico details police raids, shadowy paramilitary attacks, and the meaning of autonomy without a state. • Mapuche resistance and lost autonomy after invasion • Settler expansion and the rise of pine and eucalyptus • Land recoveries as food, culture, and governance • Ceremonies and planting as flashpoints for repressio...

People in this episode

Guest: Nico Salazar

Topics covered

• Mapuche autonomy
• land recovery
• food systems
• ceremonies
• police raids
• paramilitary attacks

Keywords

• Mapuche
• autonomy
• land recovery
• food systems
• ceremonies
• police raids
• paramilitary attacks

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Mapuche