Dear all, many thanks to James Sidaway for reacting against the call for
papers for the IGU conference in Santiago de Chile. This event has
caused astonishment and indignation among critical Chilean geographers
in Chile and elsewhere. A protest document with some of the information
requested by James is about to be sent, probably already today Saturday,
to be spread among all possible international networks. One important
clarification is that the site for the conference is not the Military
Geographical Institute, but even worse, the Military School, a place of
terror that was used by Pinochet and his regime as a Torture Centre
where many people died. Please keep alert and help us to disseminate the
campaign when the open call for protest arrives.
For a New Year moving closer to another possible world and on behalf of
the Chilean critical geographical community,
Sincerely yours,
Irene Molina
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