Supporter of Mapuche protest camp disappears after being arrested in Argentina

[Judi Lynn]

1. Oh, wow. He's probably not going to surface, either, is he?

Beaten while trying to hold fast to a tree to keep from being snatched and driven off to be tortured, just like the good old days.

This will probably have absolutely no humane ending at all.

They have been through this living hell before in Argentina.

Who is Benetton?

The Italian fashion brand Benetton is well known for it's 'provocative'
promotion campaigns that appear to be socially critical.

But the internationally operating company is itself involved in dirty deals.

In south Argentina, Benetton has bought almost one million hectare of land.

The local population, mostly Mapuche indigenous people, are forcefully removed from this area.
They are calling for solidarity and action against Benetton.



Mr. Luciano Benetton.
“We’ve opted for a concrete quality and quantity contribution”, said the businessman.


However Argentine Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel has consistently claimed that the Benetton group “usurped” territory from the Mapuche Indian.

“You have taken advantage of your money and the complicity of an unscrupulous judge to deprive land from humble Mapuche families”, said the Argentine human rights campaigner who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1980.

A contentious involving 385 hectares out of a total 900.000 purchased to the Argentine government was favourable to the Benetton group. Mr. Perez Esquivel argues that the Mapuches are the “legitimate proprietors, even when they don’t have the documents crediting possession”. Benetton invited Perez Esquivel to talk about the issue and rejected the “feudal lord” adjective used by the human rights activist. “Our investment in Patagonia represents a challenge for us which will contribute to develop the regio

More:
http://www.mapuche.nl/english/benetton.htm






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Luciano Benetton. Or is it George Washington?





Long Island home of Ira Rennert, owner of Doe Run Company in La Oroya, Peru





Why, when people steal land, use it in evil ways
in the Americas, do they look like George Washington?

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