Aucán Huilcamán
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Aucán Huilcamán Paillama (January 31, 1965), leader ("werkén
") of the indigenous Mapuche
organization Consejo de Todas las Tierras ("Council of all lands"). He intended to run for president in 2005 election
, but his candidacy was not accepted as he was not able to collect enough official votes validated by public notaries.
Werkén
Werkén is a traditional tribal leader but not a chief in the Mapuche Culture of Southern South America. Thine is to be subordinate to the Lonco or head and may be considered to be the body. The name werkén means "messenger" in mapudugun, the mapuche's language....
") of the indigenous Mapuche
Mapuche
The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...
organization Consejo de Todas las Tierras ("Council of all lands"). He intended to run for president in 2005 election
Chilean presidential election, 2005-2006
A presidential election took place in Chile on Sunday, December 11, 2005. None of the four candidates received an absolute majority, thus a runoff election among the top two candidates —Michelle Bachelet from the Coalition of Parties for Democracy and Sebastián Piñera from National Renewal— was...
, but his candidacy was not accepted as he was not able to collect enough official votes validated by public notaries.