Scores of publications present all points of view, although self-censorship regarding Chile s recent political history is widespread. Radio is both pubic and private. The national television network is state-run, but open to all political voices. However, certain movies have been banned. Its author, journalist Alejandra Matus, was forced to flee to the United States.
Chile has a strong trade union movement.
Government corruption is comparatively minor, when compared to other governments in the region, although military graft has been allowed to remain uninvestigated. Chile has around one million indigenous people, nearly all of them Mapuches. A 1993 indigenous rights law guaranteed that Indian lands could not be embargoed, sold, expropriated, or taxed. New development projects, promoted by the government, continue to threaten Mapuche lands in the south of Chile, where highly charged land disputes have resulted in the region s being dubbed the country s little Chiapas. The appointment of a non-Native American to head the government s Indian development agency was viewed by Mapuches as emblematic of the agency s failure to protect them.