Tag: Mapuches

Monday, April 11th 2022 - 10:08 UTC
New Chilean government faces challenge of Mapuche violence: some 70 attacks in three weeks

Violence in the south of Chile is on the rise and the newly installed government of president Gabriel Boric is showing greater concern following the rejection of conciliatory messages by the indigenous Mapuche who is demanding land in La Araucaria, which they claim belongs to their ancestors, and now is occupied and exploited by forestry companies and farmers.
Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:47 UTC
Chilean minister apologizes for pro-Mapuche remarks

Chile's Interior Minister Izkia Siches has conveyed her apologies to the Government of Argentina for statements that appeared to endorse the Mapuche claim to the “Wallmapu,” the indigenous ancestral lands which would challenge sovereignty over a large part of Patagonia.
Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Road assailants burn trucks in Chile's Araucanía

A group of masked assailants burned three lorries in Chile's Araucanía region four days after the government of President Gabriel Boric decided not to extend the state of emergency on that area some 670 kilometers south of Santiago.
Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Ambassador says Jones-Huala may serve out his sentence in Argentina

Argentina's Ambassador to Chile Rafael Bielsa Monday said the newly-paroled Mapuche leader Facundo Jones-Huala “could serve the rest of his sentence in Argentina.”
Monday, January 24th 2022 - 20:37 UTC
Chile's Gov't appeals parole granted to Mapuche leader Jones-Huala

Chilean authorities have fined an appeal against the court ruling which granted parole to Mapuche leader Facundo Jones-Huala citing that “the convicted person does not meet the legal and regulatory requirements” to be eligible for the benefit, according to the brief from the Ministry of the Interior.
Wednesday, January 5th 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Chile's Senate approves yet another extension of State of Exception

Chile's Upper House Tuesday afternoon approved yet another extension to the State of Constitutional Exception in the provinces of Bío Bío and Arauco, in the Bío Bío region, and in those of Malleco and Cautín, in La Araucanía.
Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:46 UTC
Armed Mapuches in Southern Chile burn 31 cabins, forestry machinery and open fire on a hydrant aircraft

The indigenous Mapuche tribe violent groups in southern Chile, involved in arson and destruction attacks, have warned that as long as forestry and construction companies keep ”devastating our resources, and the jails of southern Chile continue full of Mapuche patriots incarcerated, weichan (armed resistance) will not cease to be it under (president) Piñera or (elected president) Boric”.
Monday, December 6th 2021 - 07:06 UTC
Mapuches strike again in southern Chile

With just about two weeks to go before the highly-polarized presidential elections between radical candidates from the left and the right, a group claiming to be fighting for the rights of the Mapuche indigenous peoples Friday committed yet another arson attack in the Biobio region in southern Chile. The fire affected a house and two sheds, it was reported.
Monday, November 8th 2021 - 09:10 UTC
State of Emergency in Chile: 81.56% in favor of it

As the State of Emergency currently in force in Chilean Regions where armed conflicts are going on with alleged Mapuche rebels in arms in coming to an end next Tuesday, 81.56% of people were in favor of it being renewed by Congress, a Citizen Consultation in La Araucanía showed Sunday.
Monday, November 8th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Three Mapuche suspects captured in Argentine province of Neuquén

Three people were captured at Cerro Mahuida in the Argentine province of Neuquén by Argentina's Gerndarmería Nacional (Border Guard) for carrying ammunition and camouflage clothing through a non-authorized border crossing, it was announced Sunday.