As protests have repeatedly rocked the Chilean capital Santiago in recent days, environmentalists and Mapuche indigenous leaders rallied peacefully in the remote town of Curarrehue (Cautín province, Araucanía region) Oct….

Jorge Huenchullan, a Mapuche leader detained Feb. 17 in a violent police operation in Temucuicui, Chile, was transfered to Algol prison after a court in Collipulli declared him a fugitive…

…1. Owner of the predio, or land-holding, Juan de Dios Fuentes, said some 50 local Mapuche comuneros entered the property, cutting trees and tearing down fences, and fired on the…

…being committed against the Mapuche people in Chile. The delegation included reports of political detentions, lack of due process, police brutality and inhumane prison conditions (ST, March 9). The Mapuche…

…at the scene bore the name of a Chilean anarchist cell “Vandálica Teodoro Suarez,” and included demands for the release of “political prisoners” and autonomy for the Mapuches, an indigenous…