Second Open Letter Delivered to La Moneda in Chile: IFI Challenges President Boric Over the Illegality of the Mapuche Land Consultation Process, Demanding Revocation
A Global Watchdog Arrives in Santiago
Lidia Arriagada García, IFI’s President, arrives at La Moneda Palace to deliver her Open Letter Number 2, Monday, December 2, 2025, in Santiago, Chile. Photograph: David Rojas Bórquez
In a powerful escalation of its Indigenous Peoples’ Rights advocacy, the NGO , which holds an ECOSOC Consultative Status at the UN, traveled to Santiago, Chile, on December 2, 2025, to deliver its Second Open Letter directly to President Gabriel Boric Font at La Moneda Palace. This action marks the culmination of a year of intense diplomatic engagement, framing the government's Indigenous Consultation Process for a New Mapuche Land System as a fundamental legal failure.
The letter formally accuses the process of Manifest Illegality, Vitiated Purpose, and Financial Arbitrariness. IFI asserts that the government's strategy of temporary suspension is insufficient, and the continuation of this illegal process is undermining the mutual interests of security and reputation of the State of Chile.
The Core Finding: A Vitiated Process Built on Bad Faith
IFI’s investigation reveals a disturbing chronology of administrative failures and legal disregard that demand the immediate revocation of the resolution.
The illegality is patent: the government extended the suspension of the consultation for 45 days via three consecutive resolutions. This action triples the maximum legal timeframe of fifteen days established in the Consultation Regulation, an administrative evasion designed to avoid the legal obligation to revoke a flawed act.
Worse still, IFI found proof of Vitiated Purpose and Financial Arbitrariness: the Consultation was void from its inception. Just one day before the Resolution to start the process was issued, the Ministry's administrative arm declared the "Anticipated Termination of Contract" with the DITECSUR consultancy, responsible for logistical support valued at nearly one million dollars. This failed expenditure comes alongside the $401,617 thousand pesos additional (437762.53 USD) budget approved for the CPPyE itself, demonstrating a severe lack of commitment to fiscal efficiency and raising the cost of this "simulation" to an auditing priority.
The refusal to revoke this process, despite precedents set by the same Ministry in similar situations, reinforces the charge of Arbitrary Conduct and opacity.
Diplomatic Escalation: Confronting the State's Narrative in Geneva
IFI’s delivery of the Second Open Letter is the closing move of a coordinated international campaign to ensure Chile upholds its international obligations.
The campaign started in May 2025 at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York, where IFI denounced the State's attempt to secure UN validation for the CPPyE agreement before the report was even public. IFI’s intervention was successful, blocking the unconditional endorsement and prompting the UN to instead mandate that Chile apply the General Recommendation No. 39 (GR 39) of CEDAW, which requires, among others recommendations to the States, to guarantee the FPIC and effective participation of Indigenous women and girls.
Lidia Arriagada García, President of Images for Inclusion Inc, arrives at La Moneda Palace to deliver their Open Letter Number 2. Monday, December 2, 2025, in Santiago, Chile. Photograph: David Rojas Bórquez
IFI’s President holding the Presidential Palace’s Document Receipt. Monday, December 2, 2025, in Santiago, Chile. Photograph: David Rojas Bórquez
Lidia about to enter La Moneda Palace to deliver their Open Letter Number 2. Monday, December 2, 2025, in Santiago, Chile. Photograph: David Rojas Bórquez
The challenge culminated at the Human Rights Council (CDH) in Geneva on September 26, 2025, where the Misión Permanente de Chile and the chilean Fundación Aitué hosted an event seeking political backing. During this session, the UN Special Rapporteur, Dr. Albert K. Barume, delivered a direct rebuke to the State's entire approach:
He asserted that Mapuche land is "NOT a commodity", directly contradicting the financial measures proposed in the legislative measures proposed in the indigenous consultation.
He refuted the process’s basis by demanding that Chile must "describe clearly what went wrong" (referring to the historical error and treaty violations) to restore legality.
The fact that the formal suspension was issued just three days after this event validated IFI’s entire claim of a simulated process designed to deceive the international community.
Join the Call for Accountability
The delivery of this Second Open Letter is not just an administrative formality; it is a final diplomatic notification that the State of Chile is failing in its statutory duty to ensure probity and adhere to international human rights law.
IFI demands the immediate Revocation of the Resolution and a full Summary Investigation and External Audit into the administrative responsibilities, including those of Subsecretaría official Francisca Gallegos Jara, related to the DITECSUR contract failure. The petition also mandates that any new process must formally recognize the "historical error committed" (Treaty of Tapihue) and guarantee UNDRIP and FPIC.
We invite you to read the full context, analysis, and formal legal demands:
Read the official text of the OPEN LETTER NÚM. 2 (December 02, 2025) (Spanish)
Explore our article detailing the full diplomatic challenge: Click here: "The Diplomatic Challenge to the State’s Rhetoric..."
RELEASE FOR IMMIDATE (PDF) (Press Release in Spanish): Click here