Chile’s indigenous communities face new challenges amid pandemic

Country's indigenous groups count for 12.8% of population but government response has been criticised as monocultural'

Away from the grey tower blocks and sprawling suburbs of Chile's capital, Santiago, the country's indigenous communities are facing new challenges during the pandemic.

The country's 10 indigenous groups account for 12.8% of the population, scattered from the southernmost tip of Patagonia to the dry plains of the Atacama Desert in the north, and remote Easter Island in the South Pacific.