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See tagged statuses in the local Gatti Ninja community

is a 72-year-old leader who defended her community’s ancestral land from expansion in southern . Last November, she vanished without a trace while herding animals in the forest. Her family says she had received after refusing to give up her land for money, and they believe her is no accident.

Julia is not the first Indigenous land defender to go missing or be harmed.

The skies of Chile’s Atacama Desert, renowned as the darkest and clearest of the world, are now at risk from an industrial megaproject.

Electricity company AES Andes proposed to locate a large-scale industrial complex just a few kilometres away from our Paranal Observatory. If constructed, the resulting dust emissions, increased atmospheric turbulence, and especially light , would irreparably impact the capabilities for astronomical observation.

We urge the involved parties, specifically AES Andes, to work with the Government of to relocate this megaproject to a zone compatible with industrial development without jeopardising the skies of Paranal.

Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2501/?lang

📷 ESO/P. Horálek

A view of the Milky Way arching across the night sky above the Atacama Desert in Chile. The foreground features the buildings of ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), with a person standing on a raised platform. A sign saying "skies at risk" is overlaid on the image.

In , in the , the Muki¹ is known as a small creature, with no neck, a long a beard, and eyes as shiny as the precious metals they seek underground.
Miners often see their tools and hear weird noises in the galleries. If treated with respect, the Muki can help to find precious gems.

Also in , in , miners are often guided by the Knockers², creatures often believed to be mischievous… but the secret is always to respect them. They truly appreciate small gifts, and they can also save miners' lives.

¹ https://subterramineria.cl/leyenda-del-muki/
² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knocker_(folklore)

Illustration of the Cornish Knockers, a black and white drawing of gnome-style little men. They hold torches and lanterns. On the lower left corner there is a signature, but I couldn't find the artist name.

reviewed La casa de los espíritus by Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende: La casa de los espíritus (Spanish language, 2010, Debolsillo)

4ª ed.

Mi primera lectua de Isabel Allende

Se nota claramente la influencia de "100 años de Soledad" de Gabriel García Márquez en este libro. Eso para mi es algo muy bueno, considerando que el de García Márquez es uno de mis libros favoritos de la vida. En la parte de "realismo" del realismo mágico, siendo latinoamericano y particularmente chileno, uno se siente identificado con una realidad existió y que aún existe. Formas de pensar y de vivir, y los terribles acontecimientos ocurridos durante la dictadura cívico-militar. "La Casa de Los Espíritus" no alcanza a estar al nivel de la gran obra de Marquez, pero creo que está solo un pequeño peldaño por debajo.

#IsabelAllende #RealismoMágico #Chile

You can watch "Nae Pasaran!" free for the next couple of days, use the code NUNCAMAS. Scottish workers at the Rolls Royce factory in EK refused to service/repair Hawker Hunter jet engines and hid them, ruining the Chilean dictatorship's air power. The workers received the highest honour for non-Chilean citizens, the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins. It's a great doc, really touching and emotional.

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/naepasaran

< Mi rivolgo all’uomo del Cile, all’operaio, al contadino, all’intellettuale, a quelli che saranno perseguitati, perché nel nostro paese il fascismo ha fatto la sua comparsa già da qualche tempo; negli attentati terroristi, facendo saltare i ponti, tagliando le linee ferroviarie, distruggendo gli oleodotti e i gasdotti, nel silenzio di coloro che avevano l’obbligo di procedere.Erano d’accordo.
La storia li giudicherà. >

11.09.1973 🌹


(ultimo discorso alla radio)

immagine di Salvador Allende