Stories for February 18th 2011

Friday, February 18th 2011 - 00:44 UTC
Chile’s Peaceable Kingdom Image Challenged

by COHA Research Associates Joss Douglas and Samantha Nadler
On the tiny, legendary Pacific speck of land known as Easter Island, located 2,000 miles from the Chilean coastline, the ongoing non-violent protests being staged by the Hito family at the Hotel Hanga Roa came to a climax on Sunday February 6, 2011. Fifty armed members of the Chilean national police force (los Carabineros) mounted an illegal raid on the hotel and forcefully evicted the family that has occupied the grounds since August 2010. This action was in direct violation of a judicial order against their dislodgement

Chile’s Peaceable Kingdom Image Challenged