SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Mapuche Indian who was shot in the neck during an arson attack was convicted on Thursday of killing an elderly couple in a region of southern Chile that the indigenous group ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile’s national police force on Friday fired an officer convicted of killing a Mapuche activist five years ago, a death that has been cited repeatedly by the Indians as ...

SANTIAGO, Chile - An elderly couple whose family's vast landholdings have long been targeted by Mapuche Indians in southern Chile were killed in an arson attack early Friday while trying to defend ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Mapuche Indians vowed Thursday to keep seizing land in southern Chile despite the death of an activist who resisted an eviction by riot police. The rebellion appeared to be growing ...

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The plight of Chile's indigenous Mapuche people and their struggle for land rights will come under the spotlight as Pope Francis travels to the country on Monday ...

Mapuche Indians in the southern Argentine region of Patagonia, who in 2002 took part in a land dispute against the Italian textile group Benetton, have returned to occupy land belonging to the firm, ...

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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A ruling by Chile's Supreme Court on Friday failed to persuade four Mapuche Indian activists to give up a long-running hunger strike against the government's use of a tough anti ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) – Chilean police on Monday clashed with hooded vandals who infiltrated a protest by Mapuche Indians demanding land rights and autonomy. Police shot tear gas and water cannons when ...

* Next president will inherit issue after December vote * Dispute has fueled violence, resentment * Foresters say lack of Mapuche policy has hurt investment By Aaron Nelsen TEMUCUICUI, Chile, Nov 27 ...