Alberto Curamil

{{Short description|Mapuche indigenous leader}} {{Infobox person | name = Alberto Curamil | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = c. 1974 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | monuments = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Indigenous leader, Mapuche spokesperson | years_active = | employer = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | television = | spouse = | partner = | children = | father = | relatives = | awards = Goldman Environmental Prize (2019) }}

'''Alberto Curamil''' (born c. 1974) is a Chilean and Mapuche indigenous leader from the Araucanía Region. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2019, for his efforts to protect the Cautín River from hydroelectric development projects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/alberto-curamil/ |title=Alberto Curamil |website=goldmanprize.org |access-date=16 August 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/jailed-chilean-anti-dam-warrior-awarded-2019-goldman-environmental-prize |title=Jailed Chilean Anti-Dam Warrior Awarded 2019 Goldman Environmental Prize |first=Zoe |last=Loftus-Farren |magazine=Earth Island Journal |date=29 April 2019 |access-date=16 August 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/statement-on-alberto-curamil |title=Statement On Alberto Curamil |first=Patrick |last=Leahy |authorlink=Patrick Leahy |date=23 May 2019 |access-date=16 August 2019 |archive-date=15 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815235436/https://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/statement-on-alberto-curamil |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2018, he was arrested and jailed for 15 months for armed robbery but was later acquitted of all charges and released in December 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Opinion: He has worked to protect the Earth. Now we must protect him. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/01/alberto-curamil-chile-environmental-defender-safety/ |agency=Washington Post |publisher=Washington Post}}</ref> In April 2021, he sustained injuries after a confrontation with police which led to him being hit with riot shotgun pellets.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fears for Chilean indigenous leader's safety after police shooting |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jun/30/fears-for-chilean-indigenous-leaders-safety-after-police-shooting |agency=Guardian |publisher=Guardian}}</ref>

He holds the position of lonco, a chief of several communities.<ref name="ABC-FC-2022">{{cite news |title=Mapuche Rising |url=https://www.abc.net.au/foreign/mapuche-rising/13800682 |access-date=17 March 2022 |work=Foreign Correspondent |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref>

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