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SANTIAGO, March 27, 2020 — A policeman checks a driver’s paperwork in Santiago, Chile, March 27, 2020. Chile has adopted a “progressive quarantine” to help control the spread of the disease in the country, where 1,610 cases and five deaths have been registered. The government has closed borders and even isolated some areas, installed sanitary cordons, and imposed a national curfew. (Photo by Jorge Villegas/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/ via Getty Images)

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Authorities In Chile Must Guarantee The Health Of The Prison Population Against COVID-19

April 1, 2020 | Chile

MIRAFLORES, LIMA, PERU – 2019/12/07: Female demonstrators covering their eyes performing in a feminist flash mob “A Rapist in Your Path” (In Spanish “Un violador en tu camino”) in protest of violence against women. The song, written by Chile feminist group Las Tesis is becoming an international feminist phenomenon. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Granthon/Fotoholica Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Countries cracked down on asylum and the right to protest in the Americas in 2019

February 27, 2020 | arbitrary detentions

Thousands of ethnic Mapuches, Chile’s largest indigenous group, participate in a protest rally in Santiago on October 15, 2012. Hundreds of indigenous Chileans and members of social organizations marched demanding the restitution of their ancestral lands — just days after the 520th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in America. AFP PHOTO/Martin BERNETTI (Photo credit should read MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/GettyImages)

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Chile: Life of imprisoned Indigenous leader is in imminent danger

July 26, 2018 | Chile

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