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The people of Aysén have risen up and demanded economic justice, much like people here in the US are beginning to do, and as citizens will be so many times, were met with violent police repression. A middle aged mechanic lost his eye to rubber bullets shot at protestors by the automatic shotguns of Carbineros, o pacos. Two other teenagers were also blinded. El Pueblo de Aysén es fuerte, como las montañas that surround them.
We talked in class about the rough edges of Gauchos. How the wild landscape of the Patagnoia and the Pampa have created a many layered onion in Gaucho culture, frozen on the outside by howling winds, and blazing hot on the inside, like the coals que hierve la agua para el mate.
While I lived in Aysén I learned about these layers. I continue to learn about them. Solidaridad con mis companeros en aysen y su lucha contra la gobierno corportista de Piñera....