Chile's Senate approved Thursday a 30-day extension of the constitutional state of emergency in La Araucanía and the provinces of Arauco and Biobío, marking three years since President Gabriel Boric ...

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font announced Thursday in a broadcast message a comprehensive plan to address the Mapuche conflict, based on recommendations from the Commission for Peace and ...

ALONG THE PILMAIQUEN RIVER, Chile (AP) — A ceremonial dip in the frigid waters of the fast-flowing Pilmaiquen River in southern Chile was the culmination of the multiday celebration of We Tripantü, ...

The regions of Biobío and Araucanía, which lie somewhere in the middle of the 2,653 miles that stretch from Chile’s top to bottom, are nevertheless known as “the south.” A tourism hot spot for culture ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Nestled between high-rise buildings on a busy street in Chile’s modern capital is a straw hut that’s a sign of growing respect for the Andean country’s long-disdained indigenous ...

DIASPORA AFFAIRS: A delegation from Chile, including the current president of a Mapuche community called Kupal Pichinao, Ivan Enrique Pardes Pichinao, recently visited Israel for the first time. When ...

Chile’s Indigenous Mapuche people have played their own version of field hockey for countless generations. Roughly 2 million Mapuche Indigenous people live across Chile and Argentina. Many have moved ...

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The Mapuche flag was a common sight at protests demanding a new constitution When people in Chile took to the streets last month to celebrate an overwhelming "yes" vote in a referendum on whether the ...

Mapuche protesters in south launch attacks on symbols of Spanish colonial rule and distant government in Santiago As peaceful protesters and rioters alike have thronged the streets of the Chilean ...

Have you tried merkén? Imagine the taco/fish/chicken/pork/stew seasoning of your dreams,a wonder spice that has a distinct earthiness and tastes of chiles, paprika and smoke. The rust-colored spice is ...