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Article: CHILE: INDIGENOUS RIGHTS ACTIVIST ENDS 111-DAY HUNGER STRIKE.
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- Interpress Service
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- January 30, 2008
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By Giannina Milich
SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 29, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- The president of Chile's bishops' conference recently highlighted the effort made by indigenous rights activist Patricia Troncoso, who has finally called off her hunger strike.
The hunger strike, which Troncoso used to draw attention to the plight of the Mapuche people, was the longest in Chilean history.
"I am calling for an increased ability to value a people who have a history, culture and cosmovision that differ from those of the mainstream. We must know how to live in a multiethnic culture," Bishop Alejandro Goic said.
Goic, who announced Monday that Troncoso was ...