Watch the full interview with Hector Llaitul (CAM) here
Hector Llaitul is the spokesman of the Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco (CAM), one of the militant Mapuche groups in southern Chile, fighting for autonomy for the Mapuche...
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Indigenous rights: how Canada is doing it
Many nations protect their indigenous populations. As Chile endeavors to protect them with specific articles in a new constitution, it is worth considering what other...
Mapuche group calls for armed resistance as government seeks to deploy military
A leader of one of the main Mapuche militias has called for “organize armed resistance” in southern Chile. The call is a response to the...
Violent attacks in Southern Macrozone increased by 169 percent last month
A report by the Federation of La Auracanía Guilds mentions a 169 percent increase in attacks since the end of the State of Emergency in...
Moai Tau statue returns to Rapa Nui after 150 years
RAPA NUI – After having been part of the Santiago natural history museum’s permanent exhibition since 1870, a Moai Tau statue arrived back to Rapa...
Investigations ongoing regarding deadly confrontation in Chile’s south
Chile´s Public Ministry has opened investigations into the two shootouts involving armed forces that occurred last week near the town of Cañete. During one, a...
Two Mapuche dead, several injured, in Chilean south
According to local media and witnesses, two Mapuche were shot by military in the south under the imposed State of Exception. Earlier on Wednesday, there...
Hundreds of soldiers deployed in southern Chile
ARAUCO – The state of exception in the so-called southern macrozone will last another week and a half. It was announced in response to a...
Government declares state of emergency in south amid truckers’ protest
SANTIAGO – The government has imposed a state of emergency in the so-called south macrozone in La Araucanía and Arauco. The move comes after weeks...
Circumstances surrounding killed militant remain murky
Carabineros that killed a Chilean student incorporated in a Mapuche militant group didn’t comply with protocol. Pablo Marchant was shot in the head at close...