Colonial Recognition and Militarized Accumulation in Mapuche Territory: As capitalism and colonialism realign in Chile, Mapuche communities continue the struggle to reclaim their ancestral lands.
Indeed, leaked emails from the Chilean army recommended that the government wage a "communication battle" to legitimize the state of exception's militarization. We argue that, although there were multiple causes for the rejection of the proposed constitution, the designation of "plurinational state"...
| Publicado en: | NACLA Report on the Americas Vol. 54; no. 4; pp. 438 - 445 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2022
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| Sumario: | Indeed, leaked emails from the Chilean army recommended that the government wage a "communication battle" to legitimize the state of exception's militarization. We argue that, although there were multiple causes for the rejection of the proposed constitution, the designation of "plurinational state" laid the foundation for the hegemonic reconstitution of Chile's political and economic class. In sum, unlike what President Boric has recently claimed, the state of exception entails a subordination of civil power to military power and of military power to extractive capital - in the midst of one of the most significant democratic processes that Chile has experienced since the end of the dictatorship in 1990. |
|---|