News of mapuche

Mapuche leader Facundo Jones Huala arrested in El Bolsón

30-01-2023 11:17 Río Negro Province government confirms radical Mapuche leader has been detained; Jones Huala, who was allegedly drunk when found by police, had been hiding at a property in El Bolsón.

LATIN AMERICA

Chile president blasts 'terrorist' Mapuche attacks in flashpoint region

11-11-2022 13:41 Gabriel Boric slams "terrorist" arson attacks as he visited the southern Araucanía region that has been wracked by violence.

POLITICS

Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta resigns from government, slams 'serious' human rights violations

07-10-2022 10:20 Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta, head of Women, Gender and Diversity portfolio, resigns from government, criticising “serious” violations against Mapuche women in recent security operation.

SECURITY

Twelve arrests in Villa Mascardi as security forces evict Mapuches

04-10-2022 17:06 Following weekend demonstrations by local residents, 250 members of security forces deployed by authorities in large operation to evict members of the Lafken Winkul Mapu community.

CRIME & SECURITY

Opposition denounces violence in Río Negro as Mapuche conflict escalates

29-09-2022 00:18 Arson, occupation and conflict as hooded Mapuche gang seizes Los Radales lot in Villa Mascardi after fire.

Chile New Constitution

Chile to vote on overhauling dictatorship-era constitution

02-09-2022 09:30 Chileans will vote on their country’s future Sunday, for the third time in two years, choosing whether to replace Pinochet-era constitution with new one with aims to enact social change.

POLITICS & INDIGENOUS RIGHTS

Volcano goes from ‘sacred’ to secular in 24 hours as Mapuche tensions rise

12-08-2022 10:04 Environment Ministry’s controversial recognition of the Lanín volcano and mountain as ‘sacred’ Mapuche site sparks immediate backlash from Neuquén Governor Omar Gutiérrez and host of opposition leaders, followed by a U-turn the next day; As tensions rise, local indigenous leaders decry “fragility” of government policy.

Chile's New Constitution

Chile President Boric receives draft constitution

04-07-2022 13:22 Chile's constitutional convention on Monday handed its proposed new constitution to President Gabriel Boric ahead of a planned September referendum on adopting the text.

Indigenous Rights

Military redeployment turns Chile's Mapuche areas into powder keg

27-05-2022 14:51 With military troops once again patrolling their ancestral lands, members of the Mapuche indigenous community in Chile's south are angry.

Indigenous Rights

Chile military resumes patrols of restive Araucanía region

18-05-2022 17:06 Military patrols resume in Chile's southern Araucanía region as a response to mounting violence linked to territorial claims by the Mapuche Indigenous group.

Indigenous rights

Chile redeploys Army to southern region amid Mapuche tensions

17-05-2022 14:13 Chilean President Gabriel Boric's government decrees re-militarisation of troubled southern region of La Araucanía, in the face of mounting violence linked to territorial claims by Mapuche indigenous groups.

Indigenous rights

Mapuches seek agreements to solve 'historic debt' with Chile

22-04-2022 20:01 Representatives from Mapuche communities meet in the southern city of Temuco in search of agreements that allow them to settle, the "historical debt" that they consider that the Chilean State owes them.

Boric in Buenos Aires

Chile President Boric promises ‘dialogue’ to resolve Mapuche conflict

04-04-2022 17:08 Chilean leader vows to resolve ongoing conflict with indigenous Mapuche groups through "dialogue," denies any demands could call into question Argentina's territorial integrity.

COURTS

Chile's top court overturns ruling freeing Mapuche leader Facundo Jones Huala

16-02-2022 10:57 Supreme Court in Chile overturns ruling granting parole to controversial indigenous leader, who has been behind bars since 2018.

CRIME & THE COURTS

Mapuche leader Facundo Jones Huala freed by Chilean court

21-01-2022 23:49 A court in Chile on Friday freed Facundo Jones Huala, the leader of the Resistencia Ancestral Mapuche (RAM) indigenous Mapuche movement in Patagonia.

PROFILE: GABRIEL BORIC

New president at 35 thrusts Chile back into exceptionalism role

21-12-2021 15:44 While Gabriel Boric is sometimes described as part of a leftward shift in Latin America, he seems to be of a new, more globalist, breed.

News of mapuche

Mapuche leader Facundo Jones Huala arrested in El Bolsón

Chile president blasts 'terrorist' Mapuche attacks in flashpoint region

Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta resigns from government, slams 'serious' human rights violations

Twelve arrests in Villa Mascardi as security forces evict Mapuches

Opposition denounces violence in Río Negro as Mapuche conflict escalates

Chile to vote on overhauling dictatorship-era constitution

Volcano goes from ‘sacred’ to secular in 24 hours as Mapuche tensions rise

Chile President Boric receives draft constitution

Military redeployment turns Chile's Mapuche areas into powder keg

Chile military resumes patrols of restive Araucanía region

Chile redeploys Army to southern region amid Mapuche tensions

Mapuches seek agreements to solve 'historic debt' with Chile

Chile President Boric promises ‘dialogue’ to resolve Mapuche conflict

Chile's top court overturns ruling freeing Mapuche leader Facundo Jones Huala

Mapuche leader Facundo Jones Huala freed by Chilean court

New president at 35 thrusts Chile back into exceptionalism role

Five of eight accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa handed life sentences

'Los Rugbiers': the group of eight accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa

Lucio Dupuy trial: Mother, partner found guilty of killing five-year-old

Three years on, Fernando Báez Sosa’s parents plead for ‘justice’

Verdict due in trial for horrific killing of five-year-old Lucio Dupuy

Los Pertossi: el prontuario de la familia de tres de los acusados por el crimen de Báez Sosa

La madre de Máximo Thomsen atacó a los periodistas: "Tres años bancándonos a estos hijos de p..."

Caso Fernando Báez Sosa | Thomsen, Comelli, Benicelli y Ciro y Luciano Pertossi fueron condenados a prisión perpetua

Qué dice la ley y en qué momento podrían salir de prisión los cinco rugbiers condenados a perpetua

La transformación de Máximo Thomsen: de "líder de la manada" al desmayo