{"id":3615,"date":"2025-10-02T16:43:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santiagonoticias.com\/?p=3615"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:43:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:43:28","slug":"manuel-garcia-releases-protest-song-demanding-truth-and-justice-in-missing-mapuche-defender-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santiagonoticias.com\/?p=3615","title":{"rendered":"Manuel Garc\u00eda Releases Protest Song Demanding Truth and Justice in Missing Mapuche Defender Case"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The singer-songwriter Manuel Garc\u00eda<\/a><\/strong> has released \u201cJulia Chu\u00f1il presente\u201d<\/strong>, a song dedicated to Mapuche environmental defender Julia Chu\u00f1il<\/strong>, who has been missing for 11 months<\/strong>. More than a tribute, it is a protest in song<\/strong> that spotlights the state\u2019s unresolved debt to truth and justice.<\/p>\n

The musician\u2019s release arrives at a pivotal time: this week, the family\u2019s attorney, Karina Riquelme<\/a>, revealed the existence of audio recordings attributed to one of the suspects<\/a>, reigniting political and public pressure.<\/p>\n

The video \u2014 shared below \u2014 also lands as relatives, communities, and organizations insist that the institutional response has been insufficient and slow<\/strong>. Garc\u00eda\u2019s piece transforms Julia\u2019s memory into a public act of solidarity and demand<\/strong>, putting back on the agenda the questions that remain unanswered: Where is Julia? What has been done \u2014 and with what results \u2014 to find her and hold those responsible to account?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In recent months, human rights organizations, community groups, and support networks have held vigils, symbolic roadblocks, and communications campaigns to keep the case in the public eye. Garc\u00eda\u2019s song is part of that fabric: art that accompanies and moves \u2014 while pressing institutions to act with diligence and with a protective approach toward environmental defenders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With his voice and a guitar, Garc\u00eda adds the language of art to a clear demand: conduct an effective search, make proceedings transparent, and secure truth and justice<\/strong>. The name Julia Chu\u00f1il<\/a><\/strong> will not be shelved \u2014 it is sung, lifted up, and kept present \u2014 until the truth comes to light.<\/p>\n

See the post here<\/strong>: <\/p>\n

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-JULIA CHU\u00d1IL PRESENTE-<\/p>\n

Julia Chu\u00f1il sali\u00f3
A buscar al camino
Animales perdidos
Con su cholito <\/p>\n

Como el bosque la amaba
Le regal\u00f3 unas flores
Y le cantaron lindo los ruise\u00f1ores
Como el r\u00edo la amaba
Bes\u00f3 sus manos tiernas
Y le cant\u00f3 canciones
Entre las piedras
Como un\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/nMJreNXqSW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Manuel Garc\u00eda (@manugarpez) October 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n