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

She also pointed out that there was an “absence of the State” in the area of the Mapuche conflict. “Our response will be comprehensive and the Government is not going to go back on the plan.

The so-called “Mapuche conflict” has been going on for decades, as indigenous communities oppose agricultural and forestry companies exploiting lands considered ancestral. The Mapuche people ...