Sergio Tepano Cuevas Today, all the public services on Easter Island are locally administered by a Rapanui executive. One of these is Sergio Tepano-Cuevas, 35 years old, the son of Ricardo Tepano and Ximena Cuevas, who is the current Head of the Office of Indigenous Affairs, CONADI. His paternal grandparents
Testimony from the Past President, Indigenous Community Ma’u Henua Camilo Rapu-Riroroko, 38 years old, is the son of Camilo Rapu-Haoa and Maria Eugenia (Tita) Riroroko-Hey. He studied in the Lorenzo Baeza Public School of Easter Island, did his secondary studies at the Barros Arana National Institute in Valparaiso and then
Antique Photos of Rapa Nui found in the Museum of Cologne, Germany The researchers Betty Haoa-Rapahango and Tania Basterrica-Brockmann have set up an exhibit in the Tadeo y Lily Gallery taken from the photographic legacy of the Chilean-German Hans Helfritz (1902-1995), who visited Rapa Nui in 1946 as a member
Sonia Haoa Cardinali Dr.(a) Honoris Causa On January 25, the University of Uppsala in Sweden held a ceremony that has been traditional over centuries: declaration of Doctors Honoris Causa. From this oldest center of higher education in Europe, have come dozens of international personages, including Alfred Nobel, who received his
Rapa Nui – Between 1979 & 1989 The German couple Gottfried and Karin Weller, residents of Australia, made their first visit to Rapa Nui in 1979. Forty years have gone by since then and today they are counting sixteen trips to the Island, through which they have recorded the passage
Matias Riroroko Pakomio Matías Riroroko, 75 years old, son of María Pakomio-Pakomio and raised by Benedicto Riroroko-Tuki as his son, is an entrepreneur who has worked in tourism, gastronomy, construction and other areas, eventually becoming the owner of the Hotel Iorana and other businesses in Chile and other countries. Today
