BUFFALO, N.Y. -- If you ask the Mapuche people of south-central Chile, they will tell you the Chilean history books have their story all wrong. The Spanish-dominated Chileans write the “official” ...

Since succumbing to the Chilean military in the late 19th century the Mapuche, anIndigenous community centered in the Province of Araucanía and constituting roughly 13% ofChile’s national population, ...

In the aftermath of the inspiring popular uprising in Argentina at the end of 2001 and the battles that blocked neoliberalism in Bolivia from 2003-2005, the Left came to power in governments across ...

The other crisis currently under way in Chile. By Ruth Collins In a year that has been calamitous, to say the least, for Chile, having survived an earthquake that registered 8.8 on the Richter scale ...

The model for the "Mapuche nation" he foresees in the central southern region of Chile is based on the autonomous rule enjoyed by Basques and Catalans in Spain. But the hurdles he faces are numerous, ...

TEMUCO, Chile — Pope Francis took the Chilean state and the country’s largest indigenous group to task Wednesday over their failure to forge a truly unified nation, saying the government must do more ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Prince Frédéric I, the exiled monarch of the so-called Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia, admits that Chilean ...

The Mapuches checked Spain’s conquest of Chile’s south for three centuries. The indigenous community is now exploring new ways of fighting back against outside domination and abuse. Set to premiere as ...

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