Tag: Mapuches

• Monday, January 7th 2013 - 13:03 UTC

  Piñera after political consensus to declare state of emergency in Mapuche territory

  

  President Sebastián Piñera is considering declaring the state of emergency in the Araucanía region, in southern Chile, where six arson attacks which cost the lives of two people took place since Friday, Interior Minister Andrés Chadwick said.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 20:57 UTC

  Mapuche protest in Bariloche demand removal of statue of “the man guilty of the greatest genocide”

  

  Members from the indigenous Mapuche community in Patagonia protested angrily at the south Argentina resort of Bariloche demanding that a statue in honour of President General Julio A Roca be removed since “he was responsible for the greatest genocide in our history”.

• Wednesday, August 8th 2012 - 06:51 UTC

  Chile announces plan to improve living conditions of the indigenous Mapuche peoples

  

  In a special cabinet meeting last Friday, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera proposed a series of measures aimed at improving infrastructure and human investment in the south-central Araucanía region.

• Monday, August 6th 2012 - 21:30 UTC

  Abuse of Chilean indigenous peoples questioned by human rights organizations

  

  The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) spoke out against human rights violations in the Araucanía region in south-central Chile on Thursday, calling on the government to investigate the chain of events last week resulting in the injuries of two minors by police bullets.

• Monday, June 4th 2012 - 03:08 UTC

  “Malvinas for Argentina and sea outlet for Bolivia” demands Morales at OAS meeting

  

  As anticipated in the opening speech of the 42 OAS General Assembly hosted by landlocked Bolivia, President Evo Morales put on the discussion table his country’ aspiration for an outlet to the Pacific Ocean linking it to Argentina’s sovereignty dispute with the UK over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Thursday, June 30th 2011 - 21:04 UTC

  Chile plans to invest massively in developing tourism in Mapuche territory

  

  Home to pristine forests and the indigenous Mapuche people, Chile’s Araucanía Region is rich with tourism potential. However, according to the government, the area needs a facelift in order to capitalize on its resources.

• Friday, June 24th 2011 - 11:32 UTC

  Chile’s largest indigenous group, Mapuches celebrate New Year

  

  When the sun began to set on Thursday evening, the Mapuche people prepared for one of the most ancient celebrations in their history: the We-tripantu, or the New Year.

• Saturday, December 18th 2010 - 13:24 UTC

  Mapuche friendly cardinal named Archbishop of Santiago de Chile

  

  The former archbishop of Concepción, Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, has been named as the new archbishop of Chile’s capital Santiago. He will replace cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa.

• Saturday, October 2nd 2010 - 06:10 UTC

  Chilean Senate approves reforms to controversial anti-terrorism law

  

  Senate passed new reforms to the controversial anti-terrorism law this week, but they were not enough to end the Mapuche hunger strike, which enters its 82nd day today Friday.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 19:31 UTC

  The 34 hunger striker Mapuches in Chile has become world news

  

  Chile’s government said this week it will be impossible to meet demands by 34 Mapuche hunger strikers that all three branches of Chile’s government meet together to resolve the on-going hunger strike.