Chile

Extradite Adriana Rivas - rally on steps of Parliament 24 May 2014

peter — Sat, 24 May 2014 10:17:00 +0000

Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus was among the speakers at a rally and speakout on the steps of the Victorian Parliament House on Saturday 24 May.

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Chile solidarity - Melbourne, September 10 and 11

peter — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:32:00 +0000

On the eve of the anniversary of not only the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US, but also of the 1973 CIA-backed Pinochet coup which overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende, LASNET organised a rally in solidarity with students, workers, and Indigenous people currently struggling against another right-wing government in Chile, that of Sebastian Piñera...

This was followed on Sunday by a commemoration of the September 11 coup, with speakers, music and a showing of the film "The Black Pimpernel" at Trades Hall.

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INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY with the 14 anarchists kidnapped by the Chilean 'democracy'.

Anonymous — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:20:03 +0000

Last August, 14 anarchists were arrested accused of "terrorism" by the Chilean state, around the mediatic "Bombs case", 10 are still in the Maximun Security Prisons, under Pinochet's anti-terrorist law.

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Picket of Chilean consulate in support of Mapuche hunger strikers - 17 September 2010

peter — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:06:49 +0000

The Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) organised a picket outside the Chilean Consulate in Melbourne at lunchtime today, displaying the Mapuche flag and delivering a letter to be forwarded to the President of Chile, Sebastian Pinera.

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US out of Latin America - Protest at US Consulate, Melbourne, 11 September

peter — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:14:14 +0000

While the US flag flew at half-mast in memory of the victims of 11 September 2001, representatives and supporters of the Latin-American communities in Melbourne held a small rally to remember the victims of the US-inspired coup in Chile on the same day in 1973, and to demand an end to US interference in the affairs of Latin America.

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