Activists link the disappearance of land defender Julia Chuñil to the state’s militarization of the region and its deep ties ...

A near 20 year struggle for land rights and conservation of their rare Araucaria forests for an indigenous Pehuenche community of the Andes range has been rewarded with a grant of title to 22,000 ...

Environment officials charged the miner with over- pumping lithium-rich brine from the salt flat. Indigenous groups in Chile´s lithium-rich Atacama salt flat, fresh off a resounding legal victory ...

After 17 years of deliberation, Chile ratified ILO Convention 169 in ... the draft’s delay and said a special session to address indigenous issues has been scheduled with the Chamber of Deputies ...

On a warm morning, a few dozen people congregate in a park in Santiago, Chile, to eat together and play palín. The players, who are all ages, are Indigenous Mapuche; palín is like the Mapuche ...

Before the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th Century, the Mapuche inhabited a vast swathe of land in southern Chile Renowned ... between the indigenous Mapuche people and the state was not ...

Chile offers travelers a remarkable cultural ... showcasing the syncretism between Spanish colonizers and indigenous Huilliche people during the 16th century. These historic churches tell stories ...