Aucán Huilcamán

Aucán Huilcamán Paillama (born January 31, 1965) is the leader ("werkén") of the indigenist Mapuche organization Consejo de Todas las Tierras ("Council of all lands"). He intended to run for president in the 2005 election in Chile, but his candidacy was not accepted as he was not able to collect enough official votes validated by public notaries.

Biography He was born in the Mapuche community of Collimque, in the commune of Lumaco, Malleco province. His father was José Luis Huilcamán, the lonco of Collinque, who died in 2005, and his mother was Claudina Paillama, who died in 2003.

Youth and Werkén of Admapu He was born in the Mapuche community of Collimque, in the commune of Lumaco, Malleco province. His father was José Luis Huilcamán, Lonco of Collinque, who died in 2005, and his mother was Claudina Paillama, who died in 2003. He studied at the Gabriel Mistral School. entity founded by his father in 1979, representing the organization and the Mapuche people in international forums such as the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of American States (OAS).

He studied law for three years at the Universidad Autónoma del Sur in Temuco; However, he had to put his studies on hold in 1992.

During that year, the Council of All Lands carried out a series of protests and demonstrations within the framework of the Fifth Centenary of the Discovery of America, which included the creation of the current Mapuche flag,

Following this decision by the Chilean courts, in September 1996 Huilcamán filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), denouncing an "unjust judicial persecution" and violation of the human rights of those prosecuted by the Chilean State, a case that was titled "Aucan Huilcamán et al. v. Chile". The petition was admitted by the IACHR in its report of February 27, 2002. which delivered a report to Lagos on October 28, 2003.