6 • PLUMA
Decades of repression Chileans faced. Movements quel led a nd opposit ion erased, L a s vo c e s s up pre s s e d w it h ho s t i l it y, A ll in the name of stability. Neoliberal policies laid waste To l a t i e r r a , e x p l o it e d i n h a s t e . Deforestation, extinction, pollution, As a result of free market solution. Profits abound for those who pr ivatized At the expense of the marginalized. There was no space for mobilization U n t i l r e - d e m o c r a t i z a t i o n . W h a t d i d i t t a k e t o b r e a k t h e s t a t u s q u o? It wasn’t el Milagro Chileno. I t w a s l a g e n t e W ho fought for el medio ambiente.
Mayahuel Hernández
L A GENTE POR EL MEDIO A MBIENTE
