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Montevideo, April 16th 2024 - 11:22 UTC

Tag: INAI

  • Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 11:06 UTC

    Argentine Supreme Court dismisses Mapuche land ownership filing

    The case was dismissed because it was submitted past the legal deadline, so the higher court's ruling in favor of landowner Friedrich stands

    Argentina's Supreme Court halted the granting of land to a Mapuche community in the province of Río Negro when implicitly validating an injunction requested by a landowner who had filed for a judiciary remedy against a decision by the National Institute of Indigenous Affairs (Inai) whereby the Lof Che Buenuleo community in Bariloche was awarded 481 hectares, it was reported Friday.

  • Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 15:42 UTC

    Argentine Judge rules Mapuche group entitled to State-owned land

    Domínguez's decision has set a precedent, which may have an impact on other cases of land claims by Mapuche groups

    Bariloche Federal Judge María Silvina Domínguez has ruled that State-owned lands must be handed over to members of a local Mapuche community in a decision many fear might constitute dangerous case-law for future claims, it was reported Friday.

  • Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

    Argentina: Indigenous communities want to bury ancestors in Nordelta

    “It takes a while to define where they will be buried ... but it is a place in Nordelta,” Chara said.

    The bodies of 42 members of an indigenous community who were removed from their resting places by US archaeologist Samuel Lothrop in 1925 are to be restored to their historical land in what will be the largest restitution carried out so far in Argentina and which has been approved Monday by the National Institute of Indigenous Affairs (INAI).