Brittany Peterson

Brittany Peterson is a freelance multimedia journalist currently based in Santiago, Chile. Check out her website and videos on vimeo for her latest work.

Articles

Attacks on Chile's Indigenous Peoples Thwart Efforts at Land Reparations (Racism and Discrimination, Social Justice, World)

The indigenous Mapuche people have been trying to reclaim their ancestral lands for the past ten years, but Chilean authorities have only reacted with force.

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Blogs

Chilean Students Run For Congress

Several former Chilean student leaders are capitalizing on their high approval ratings to run for Congress and challenge Chile binomial...

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Hunger Strike Calls Attention to Mapuche Plight in Chile

In southern Chile a dramatic sixty-day hunger strike that left four young Mapuche prisoners near death ended in celebration.

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Chilean High Schools Reignite Education Movement

Since both high school and university campus occupations were rekindled mid-August in response to disappointment in the education reform...

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Chilean Students Demand Education Reform

More than 100,000 students in Santiago, Chile yesterday demanded an end to profiteering in education and called for free and quality...

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Demanding Economic and Educational Reform in Chile

Hundreds of thousands of peaceful demonstrators participated in marches across Chile, united by the same desire: that the government would...

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Chilean Student Hunger Strikers Hold President Piñera Accountable

Chilean students fasting for the cause of free and public education released a statement saying they will hold President Sebastián...

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Chile's Students Strike for Free and Public Education

Chilean students are no longer willing to accept mountains of debt to gain an education, and they have have taken over university campuses...

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