Capitales de liderazgo en las protestas territoriales: El caso de dos movimientos sociales en la Patagonia chilena

Why do people engage in violent tactics during a protest campaign? Understanding radical activist through regionalist mobilizations in Chile

“…Its large size and rugged geography (full of rivers, mountains, islands, glaciers, and forests) insulate it externally and hinder its internal communications. It is a territory without much history of mobilizations, except for those developed by a strong union of artisanal fishermen (Sandoval et al 2020).…”

“…According to our systematic review of the press, the movement developed through 99 protest events held in a 56-day period, with very high levels of participation. Of the total number of events recorded, 25 percent ended in violent clashes between the police and demonstrators (Sandoval et al 2020). The two days of major confrontations between demonstrators and police forces, left 17 people arrested and 13 demonstrators and 12 police officers injured (EFE 2012;Espinoza-Cuellar 2012) After more than a month and a half of mobilizations that completely paralyzed the region, a group of leaders negotiated an agreement with the government that conceded some of the movement's demands and then called for an end to the protests.…”

“…The two days of major confrontations between demonstrators and police forces, left 17 people arrested and 13 demonstrators and 12 police officers injured (EFE 2012;Espinoza-Cuellar 2012) After more than a month and a half of mobilizations that completely paralyzed the region, a group of leaders negotiated an agreement with the government that conceded some of the movement's demands and then called for an end to the protests. This ending left a mixed feeling among the protesters and the rest of the leaders: Some celebrated the gains achieved, while others regretted having obtained so little and the lost opportunity to have achieved greater concessions (Sandoval et al 2020).…”

“…It is a territory without much history of mobilizations, except for those developed by a strong union of artisanal fishermen (Sandoval et al. 2020).…”

“…This research aims to help fill these knowledge gaps by studying a protest campaign in 2012 in the Chilean Patagonian region of Aysén, when an intense and sudden social movement involved a significant part of the regional community and was at the center of the country's attention for 2 months. The massive protest campaign included peaceful and violent actions (Sandoval et al 2020). Although it meets the characteristics of a national protest campaign, its development was limited to a regional level with huge participation of the local population.…”