Tag: Mapuches

• Thursday, January 18th 2018 - 10:23 UTC

  Francis calls on Mapuches to shun violence, which “turns a most just cause into a lie”

  

  Pope Francis urged Chile’s indigenous Mapuche people on Wednesday to shun violence, saying unity was the best weapon against “the deforestation of hope,” as they struggle to defend their culture and reclaim ancestral lands.

• Monday, November 27th 2017 - 06:41 UTC

  Argentine police shoot dead a Mapuche during an eviction operation in Patagonia

  

  Police clashed with a group of Mapuche during an operation to clear lands seized by members of the indigenous community, and one young Mapuche was killed and two were injured, Argentina's government said on Sunday.

• Thursday, November 16th 2017 - 08:46 UTC

  Pope will underline the plight of indigenous peoples during his coming visit to Chile and Peru

  

  During his visit to Chile and Peru, Pope Francis will honor the country’s religious roots and underline the plight of indigenous men and women. The Vatican said the pope will be in Chile Jan. 15-18, visiting the cities of Santiago, Temuco and Iquique. He then will fly to Peru and, from Jan. 18-21, he will visit Lima, Puerto Maldonado and Trujillo.

• Friday, October 27th 2017 - 09:19 UTC

  Mapuches acquitted of arson attack and two deaths in south Chile

  

  A Chilean court this week acquitted eleven Mapuche people accused of terrorism over an arson attack that killed an elderly couple, part of a series of indigenous rights protests.

• Saturday, October 21st 2017 - 18:00 UTC

  Autopsy shows body found is missing Santiago Maldonado and has no signs of violence

  

  The corpse found in Chubut River, in Argentine Patagonia, is Santiago Maldonado, it was confirmed late Friday by family members who recognized his body tattoos. Santiago lived in El Bolsón, a paradise for hippies in middle of Patagonia, precisely tattooing or living of small handicrafts in close contact with the Mapuche indigenous people who are in conflict with landowners and in recurrent clashes with security forces.

• Saturday, October 21st 2017 - 07:05 UTC

  Family confirm body recovered in Argentine Patagonia is that of missing activist

  

  The body recovered from a river bed in southern Argentina is that of a missing activist who disappeared two months ago during a police operation, his brother confirmed on Friday. Santiago Maldonado, a 28-year-old tattoo artist, was last seen being detained by paramilitary police as they moved to disperse a protest march by the Mapuche indigenous group in the Patagonia Chubut province, on August first.

• Thursday, October 19th 2017 - 07:52 UTC

  Election campaign suspended in Argentina following discovery of a body presumed to be missing protestor

  

  Major parties running in Sunday’s mid-term congressional election in Argentina suspended their campaigns on Wednesday after a body, thought to be that of a young protester who went missing more than two months ago, was found in a river.

• Sunday, June 25th 2017 - 12:57 UTC

  Bachelet promised to submit a proposal to Congress which seeks to create a ministry for Indigenous people.

  

  On Friday, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet extended a formal apology to the Mapuche people for “errors and horrors” perpetrated by the state against their communities. She announced plans to concede more power and resources to the Indigenous group.

• Tuesday, October 14th 2014 - 06:38 UTC

  Mapuches and other indigenous groups fight police on Columbus Day

  

  Chilean police fired tear gas and water cannon on Sunday to break up thousands of indigenous protesters demanding land rights and condemning Columbus Day, after masked demonstrators began throwing stones.

• Wednesday, June 25th 2014 - 06:28 UTC

  Bachelet promises to buy and return disputed lands to Chile's tribes

  

  President Michelle Bachelet announced a plan to buy and return disputed ancestral lands to Chile's indigenous communities as part of a strategy to better incorporate them into the country's political process and economic development.