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DESCRIPTION:“The Transformation of Chile”\n \nMichelle Bachelet, President of Chile 
 to visit UC Berkeley\nProtest!!\nThursday June 12, 2008 at 
 4pm\nInternational House- 2299 Piedmont Ave. Berkeley (nr.Bancroft Way)\n 
 \nMichelle Bachelet, the President of Chile, has been officially invited to 
 speak about the economic “cooperation” agreements reached between her 
 government and the State of California, including the University of 
 California. These agreements were reached by the political and economic 
 elites of both countries behind closed doors.  Her topic, ironically is 
 called “The Transformation of Chile”.\n \nPresident Bachelet falsely 
 campaigned as the President of “all Chileans” and is attempting to 
 portray a false image of Chile. The Concertacion government over which she 
 presides is attempting to show the international community a Chile that is 
 developing towards the future with dignity and justice. This is far from 
 the truth and as Chileans and other concerned citizens of the world, we 
 repudiate and reject this “Transformation of Chile” that her government 
 proposes.\n \nWhy Protest?  These are the main reasons:\n \n•	We want to 
 denounce the repression and systematic imprisonment of the Mapuche people.  
 We demand the unconditional and immediate release of the Mapuche political 
 prisoners. (Info sobre Mapuche) 
 http://www.mapuche.info/index.html\n\n•	We demand the immediate release 
 of the documentary filmmaker, Elena Varela, arrested for documenting the 
 reality of the Mapuche communities and the battle being waged against them 
 by the forestry companies (see link CLICK AQUI of trailer of the 
 documentary that has been confiscated by the intelligence services in 
 Chile) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Y4MZWapuM\n\n•	We demand the 
 abolition of the Anti Terrorist Law, which was imposed by the Pinochet 
 dictatorship and continues to be utilized by the government of the 
 Concertacion to imprison Mapuche leaders and activists in general.(link 
 click aquí to learn more about the Antiterrorism 
 Law).http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/10/26/chile9566.htm\n\n•	We 
 demand the immediate abolition of the General Education Law which will 
 completely privatize public education in Chile. We also demand an end to 
 the repression being waged against the student movement. (Info about the 
 student movement in Chile) 
 http://www.fsrn.org/content/students-protest-education-reform-chile/2227\n\n•	We 
 demand a stop to the construction of hydroelectric dams in the Patagonia 
 that are stealing the natural resources in the south of Chile that belong 
 first and foremost to the original peoples of Chile. (Info) 
 http://www.patagoniasinrepresas.cl/final/\n\n•	We ask for an end to the 
 destruction of the glaciers in the Andes mountains due to exploitation of 
 gold and other minerals by the mining company Barrick Gold in the Pascua 
 Lama project. (Info) 
 http://www.miningwatch.ca/index.php?/Chile_en/Pascua_Lama_Background\n \nWe 
 invite you to participate peacefully at this protest to be held on Thursday 
 June 12, 2008 at 4pm outside the International House at the Chevron 
 Auditorium at 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley (corner of Bancroft Way).\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/11/18505872.php
SUMMARY:Protest against Chile's President in Berkeley
LOCATION:Outside the International House at the Chevron Auditorium at 2299 Piedmont 
 Avenue, Berkeley (corner of Bancroft Way).
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/11/18505872.php
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