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 ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Chilean court on Wednesday acquitted 11 Mapuches in the arson killing of an elderly couple, saying there was insufficient evidence that they attacked the pair’s home on land ...

A Chilean court Wednesday acquitted 11 Mapuche people accused of terrorism over an arson attack that killed an elderly couple, part of a series of indigenous rights protests. The judge in the ...

In the Mapuche Fermin Manquilef village in Araucania, indigenous people live in traditional wood and straw homes – Copyright AFP Javier Torres One hundred days ago ...

Santiago, Oct 12 (EFE).Santiago, Oct 12 (EFE). — Some 5,000 people turned out Monday in the Chilean capital for a march in support of the indigenous Mapuche people that ended in clashes between groups ...

PEDRO CAYUQUEO, Chile (AP) — The Mapuches, Chile’s biggest Indigenous group, have endured centuries of battle. They resisted conquest first by the ancient Incas, then by the Spanish. They fought as ...

Reporting from Santiago, Chile — Pope Francis will step into the middle of one of South America’s longest-running conflicts Wednesday when he visits the largely indigenous Araucania region of Chile.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - President Michelle Bachelet asked for forgiveness from Chile's indigenous Mapuche people on Friday for "errors and horrors" committed by the state and announced plans to give them ...

Necklaces with the Mapuche flag design are displayed for sale in Santiago, Chile, on July 29. Popular singer Ana Tijoux has waved the multicolored Mapuche flag during her concerts and raps about their ...