Protesting for democracy. Note the illegal
electrical lines to 3 houses.

A common soup pot. People holding signs
for “trabajo” work, and “pan” bread.

Women protesting. “La justicia no se trans” =
justice doesn’t reach us. Note the illegal
electrical lines going to the homes.

Protesters. “No + Muerte” = no more death.
Note the woman in the foreground with the
shovel, perhaps signifying another dead or
“missing” person. A police car is standing by.

Protesters in front of a school. “No al
despido de los professors” = don’t fire our teachers.

Protesting lack of freedom of speech and
press. “Por la libre expression” = freedom of
speech. Note the holes in the books and the
torn pages scattered around.

Men and women in the villages ask for more
opportunity to work. “Trabajo” = work. There
was not enough work available for everyone.

A government truck is spraying
contaminated water on the protesting
women in this city. This is a political protest.
“No mas CNI” = no more CNI

Supporters of Democracy in front of the election registry.
“Todos Juntos” = all together
“Registros electorales” = election registry
“Si a la plena democracia” = yes to full democracy

Supporters of Liberty. Note their
outstretched empty arms, possibly
signifying the missing husbands and
children. “Libertad” = liberty

People in the city bringing “bribes” to the
electric company workers in order to get
their electricity hooked up.
Chilectra = Chilean electric company.

“Chilectra” = Chilean electric company truck.
The black and white vehicle is a police car.
A policeman is arresting a villager for
stealing electricity.  Another policeman is
writing a citation: “Detenidos por robo de
luz – Art 22684″ = detained for robbing the
light law # 22684. Note the illegal power
lines attached to the houses and the electric
company workman removing the wire to the blue home.

Women sewing arpilleras in a community
workshop. Others are on the way to the
building bringing scraps to sew with.
Also note the common soup pot in the
bottom right.  These women are helping

each other out, some sewing and some cooking.

Military officers with guns are rounding up
villagers; all men. They will become part of the
“disappeared”.  Note the women left behind
and the child left alone.

A good example of a common soup pot.
Note the women bringing items from their
homes to add to the soup pot.

Women taking their babies to a polyclinic
where numbers are also issued for milk
and food.

“Policlinico” = polyclinic dealing with various
medical issues
“No hay leche” = no more milk
“No hay N#” = no more numbers

Women are bringing odds and ends to add
to the arpilleras. They may bring scraps of
material, thread, pieces of leather, plastic,
hay, paper, and other odds and ends all used
to make the pieces three dimentional.
“Taller” = Arpillera workshop

A seemingly happy village with a communal
garden or farm. This is either a non-political
arpillera or an arpillera created by the
government for propaganda purposes.

This Nativity scene is an example of a non-
political arpillera. The birth of Christ.