First of all I think it’s necessary to clarify the name of this conflict. When you speak about “Mapuche conflict” you’re saying that they have a problem among them and that’s not true. They have a problem with the Chilean state and the government, because of lots of particular demands. I think than this has been a problem since the independence and colonization years and even that it could sound like an “old problem”, it’s just a reflect about how badly they have been treated.
My opinion about the -badly named- Mapuche conflict is that it’s a national problem so it should concern all of us. They are claiming for their rights and want to be owners of their spaces to manage them however they want to do it.
I think “the coin” has two sides: The first one is that the Chilean State was conformed with an unreal nation, I mean all the Republican project was made by a minority that claimed that everyone in this territory would be Chilean (and that includes mapuche people). Even that the republican dream could have worked the political class never knew how to include mapuche into this new Chilean nation. On the other side, I also think than mapuche would have never recognized them as a different nation because they also have some benefits from the Chilean state. So I think that the right way to solve this problem would be recognized them as a different nation. That means to recognize that they have a different culture and that they are able to decide how they want to use their territories.
The last few months were particularly coflictive and the most important proclaim was related to the application of the anti terrorism law to different mapuche leaders. 34 commoners were in a hunger strike for more than 80 days and this caused lots of popular manifestation showing the support to mapuche people.
I think than it’s horrible to have to use something like a hunger strike to defend a fair cause.
jueves, 11 de noviembre de 2010
About Music
My relation with music started when I was really young, because my kinder
garten was a “musical” kindergarten and that means that I had to choose an instrument to learn how to play it. So I started playing the guitar when I was 4 years old. I had lessons since I was 13 and I learned a lot about classical music and also lots of songs that I could play with my guitar. My favorite classical composer is Bach.
I Also used to listen to lots of folkloric music and musicians from the “new Chilean song”(my mom and my dad used to listen to that kind of music). I also remember that I had a Café Tacvba cassette, a Mexican group which mix folklore
with rock. When I had to finish my guitar lessons (they were just classical compositions) I learned to play the guitar but with chords. For me, it was to discover a whole new world outside classical music: popular music was available with all their chords on internet for me. So I started to listen and to play folkloric music, classic rock, Argentinean rock, bossa nova, etc. Now, I consider myself a big fan of music. I think music makes life funnier and it’s really important for me in lots of different ways. 
Music can communicate things by using the sounds, by the lyrics or as a complete composition. I would like to recommend you to listen to Jorge Drexler, I really love him. He’s an Uruguayan composer. I like him as a musician and as a writer. His music is really nice; he has really good songs but what I most like about him are his lyrics. I like the way that he sees life, as something where anything can happen but with an optimistic way to view it. I also love Argentinean rock. I think it could be like my favorite kind of music (it’s really difficult for me to choose just one). I like 
a lot of singers groups as Charly García and all his bands, Fito Páez, Luis Alberto Spinetta and all his bands, Pedro Aznar, Bersuit Bergarabat, etc. I think music is something really important and that it should be cheaper here in Chile. The taxes for buying books and music are so high that it’s almost impossible to buy one of it. At least now we can download music from Internet, but still it’s not free for everyone.
garten was a “musical” kindergarten and that means that I had to choose an instrument to learn how to play it. So I started playing the guitar when I was 4 years old. I had lessons since I was 13 and I learned a lot about classical music and also lots of songs that I could play with my guitar. My favorite classical composer is Bach.I Also used to listen to lots of folkloric music and musicians from the “new Chilean song”(my mom and my dad used to listen to that kind of music). I also remember that I had a Café Tacvba cassette, a Mexican group which mix folklore
with rock. When I had to finish my guitar lessons (they were just classical compositions) I learned to play the guitar but with chords. For me, it was to discover a whole new world outside classical music: popular music was available with all their chords on internet for me. So I started to listen and to play folkloric music, classic rock, Argentinean rock, bossa nova, etc. Now, I consider myself a big fan of music. I think music makes life funnier and it’s really important for me in lots of different ways. 
Music can communicate things by using the sounds, by the lyrics or as a complete composition. I would like to recommend you to listen to Jorge Drexler, I really love him. He’s an Uruguayan composer. I like him as a musician and as a writer. His music is really nice; he has really good songs but what I most like about him are his lyrics. I like the way that he sees life, as something where anything can happen but with an optimistic way to view it. I also love Argentinean rock. I think it could be like my favorite kind of music (it’s really difficult for me to choose just one). I like 
a lot of singers groups as Charly García and all his bands, Fito Páez, Luis Alberto Spinetta and all his bands, Pedro Aznar, Bersuit Bergarabat, etc. I think music is something really important and that it should be cheaper here in Chile. The taxes for buying books and music are so high that it’s almost impossible to buy one of it. At least now we can download music from Internet, but still it’s not free for everyone.
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