Mapuche attacks against the government and environmental companies have included the arson of numerous churches. Last week, the Argentine government blamed a fire that has consumed more than 7,000 ...

On February 11, 2025, as more than 50,000 hectares of forests burned in Patagonia in the heat of the Argentine summer, the government of the southern province of Chubut, led by Ignacio Agustín Torres, ...

Necklaces with the Mapuche flag design are displayed for sale in Santiago, Chile, on July 29. Popular singer Ana Tijoux has waved the multicolored Mapuche flag during her concerts and raps about their ...

This article is part of Right to Protest, a partnership project with human rights organisations CELS and INCLO, with support from the ACLU, examining the power of protest and its fundamental role in ...

Indigenous communities play a vital role in the life and stewardship of many UNESCO Geoparks. Camila Jara Quilapan, a community member from Kütralkura UNESCO Global Geopark in Chile, shares insights ...

Retrato de Camilo Castrillanca. Imagen: cortesía del autor. Todos los derechos reservados. The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives ...

Mapuche Indians hold a banner during a rally in Angol town, near Temuco city south of Santiago, October 7, 2012. The rally was held in support of Daniel Levinao and Paulino Levipan, two indigenous ...

Chile’s Mapuche have long demanded official recognition of their culture and of their claims to ancestral lands. A referendum over a new Constitution provides them a chance to be included. By John ...

The Mapuche people are among the poorest in Chile. 3 According to an official socioeconomic survey, 32 percent of Chile’s indigenous population lives in poverty compared to 20 percent of the ...

Alberto Curamil raises his shirt to show me a patchwork of scars from a shotgun blast. He says police shot him as he was leaving a protest. "Each one of these pellets got more than 10 centimetres into ...