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John Bartlett in Santiago

‘Walls are where we communicate’: how murals paint Chile’s politics

A man wearing a brown shirt, dark jeans and a red harness holds a white hard hat as he stands in front of a mural
Mural artist Alejandro ‘El Mono’ González in Santiago, Chile, in October 2023. Photograph: Tamara Merino/The Guardian

In Chile, walls and public buildings are blank canvases to express dissent, frustration and hope.

Bridges across dry riverbeds in the Atacama desert are daubed with slogans demanding the equitable distribution of Chile’s water, and graffiti on rural bus stops demand the restitution of Indigenous lands from forestry companies. Every inch of the bohemian port city Valparaíso is plastered with paint and posters.

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