Julia Chuñil Catricura

Julia Chuñil Catricura is a Mapuche woman human rights defender and President of the indigenous community of Putreguel of the Máfil commune, in the Los Rios region, Chile. She is well-known in her community for her work in the defence of the Mapuche territory in face of attempts from external actors to appropriate the community’s lands for private use. On 14 July 2025, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued precautionary measures in favour of Julia Chuñil Catricura.