IN PICS: Hundreds Protest Against Controversial Maipo Hydroelectric Project

Over a thousand activists marched down La Avenida Concha y Toro in downtown Puente Alto. Photo by Jack Brook/The Santiago Times Staff The crowd gathered in the Plaza Puente Alto for a rally and live concert. Photo by Jack Brook/The Santiago Times Staff Jorge Diaz, spokesman for Agua y Soberanía, leads protestors in the march. Photo by Jack Brook/The Santiago Times Staff Two protesters dressed in colorful Mapuche attire pass a bottle of water in between dance sets. Photo by Jake Leffew/The Santiago Times Staff A protestor plays the traditional Adean instrument, the siku pipe. Photo by Jack Brook/The Santiago Times Staff A young girl waves the wenufoye, the flag of Chile’s indigenous Mapuche. Photo by Jake Leffew – The Santiago Times Staff Paola Chávez Madrid, an organizer of the march, directs supporters through a microphone. Photo by Jake Leffew/The Santiago Times Staff An Andean folk band marches through Puente Alto. Photo by Jack Brook – The Santiago Times Staff Marcela Mella, leader of the No Alto Maipo movement, addresses the crowd gathered in Plaza Puente Alto. Photo by Jack Brook/The Santiago Times Staff The crowd gathered in the Plaza Puente Alto for a rally and live concert. Photo by Jack Brook/The Santiago Times Staff