Malón de la Paz

A march of the Mapuche indigenous left from their towns on May 15th for basic indigenous rights and land claims. They arrived in the provincial capital of San Salvador, and from there continued their march on foot, arriving in Buenos Aires in early August. President Juan Peron held a large rally to welcome them, and made great promises, allowing nationalist allies to attack them but calling in the police before the skirmishes got too far. With the indigenous protesters camped out in the capital for weeks, Peron turned around and sent riot police against them until they boarded trains to return to their homes.