Camilo Henríquez

“ Notes 1 2 This is a reference to the argument, most famously made by Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda in the Valladolid debate with Bartolomé de las Casas, that Spain's wars against the native inhabitants of the Americas could be rationalized under theological and jurisprudential theories of just war. ”

“ Henríquez is suggesting that the natives have fought for their freedom since the conquest, while the Hispanics are only just beginning to fight Spanish oppression.1 2 Clio is the Muse of history in Greek mythology.1 2 The Araucanians, or Mapuches, of southern Chile could be characterized as one of the last unconquered native civilizations in the lands claimed by the Spanish Empire at the time of this article's writing. ”