News of mapuche

Argentina to declare Mapuche group RAM a ‘terrorist organisation’

05-02-2025 14:28 Security Minister targets Facundo Jones Huala, the leader of the RAM indigenous group, over fires in Patagonia and vows to declare it a "terrorist organisation.”

INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

Government cancels Patagonia land deal with Mapuche groups

02-10-2024 16:52 Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona invalidates agreement established by Alberto Fernández government through which land in the Nahuel Huapi National Park was to be allocated to Mapuche groups.

ABORIGINAL CONFLICT

Milei government move to recover lands granted to Mapuche communities

05-05-2024 17:31 Javier Milei’s government terminates 10-year agreement signed by Alberto Fernández administration that grants use of two hectares in south of Argentina to indigenous Mapuche communities.

FACUNDO LOPEZ HUALA

Mapuche leader Facundo Jones Huala extradited to Chile

04-01-2024 18:01 Mapuche leader Facundo Jones Huala extradited from Argentina to Chile, where he will finish serving jail time for convictions for possession of firearms and arson.