Tag: Mapuche

Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 03:33 UTC
Mapuche women deliver longest weaving in the world

A total of 426 Mapuche women who were summoned a year ago for the task have come up with a loom almost 1 kilometer long to promote a Weltanschauung in which Chile's most numerous indigenous community is represented.
Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 21:18 UTC
Interior Minister's motorcade greeted with gunshots by Mapuche group in Chile

Chile's new Interior Minister Izkia Siches escaped unharmed after her motorcade in La Araucanía was halted and gunshots were fired into the air in Temucuicui, some 670 kilometers south of Santiago.
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 09:09 UTC
Argentina: Handover of Army lands to Mapuche group halted pending appeal

Bariloche's Federal Court Tuesday ruled in favor of an appeal filed by the Argentine Army and halted the handing over of some 180 hectares of State land to the Millalonco Ranquehue Mapuche community.
Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 09:27 UTC
Jones-Huala wanted back in Chilean jail following Supreme Court decision

Argentine-born Mapuche leader Facundo Jones-Huala has been declared a fugitive by the Government of Chile after the Supreme Court overruled -albeit not unanimously- a decision from a Temuco court of appeals whereby he had been granted parole. Jones-Huala had already served the minimum time required to be granted an early release.
Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 15:42 UTC
Argentine Judge rules Mapuche group entitled to State-owned land

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.
Monday, December 20th 2021 - 12:55 UTC
Boric wins runoff to become Chile's youngest ever President

Leftwing Deputy Gabriel Boric (35) beat first-round frontrunner Conservative José Antonio Kast in Sunday's presidential runoff to become Chile's youngest-ever head of state. After more than 90% of the votes were counted, Boric led by 56% against Kast's 44%.
Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 22:58 UTC
Vigilante group on horseback fends off Mapuche attack

Residents of the Argentine town of El Bolson Sunday confronted reasoning Mapuches on horseback and kept them from doing any further damage as authorities failed to provide an institutional response to the increasing unrest caused by the rebel groups in the area.
Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:16 UTC
Argentina's national gov't sets guidelines for dealing with Mapuche conflict locally

Argentina's Security Minister Aníbal Fernández Friday said people who believed the Mapuche conflict was to be solved the way General Julio Roca did in the late 1800s were wrong.
Thursday, October 14th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Despite the state of emergency in southern Chile, Mapuche groups continue with violent actions

In what seems a challenge to the Chilean government which declared a state of emergency in a region to the south of the country, a group of indigenous Mapuche demanding autonomy invaded a farm and set on fire heavy equipment and several vehicles.
Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Mapuche community to enclose ancestral lands and claim right to decide who goes through exclusive club in the area

Members of a Mapuche community have announced Wednesday they would control who goes through a piece of land they claim to be their own.