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Chile President Declares 'State Of Exception' Over Mapuche Conflict
By AFP News
10/12/21 AT 4:18 PM
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Tuesday announced a state of emergency and deployed troops to two southern regions where clashes have broken out between Mapuche indigenous people and security forces.
The Mapuche are demanding the restoration of their ancestral lands and self-determination.
"We have decided to call a state of exception" in four provinces of the southern regions of Biobio and Araucania and the deployment of troops to help control "the serious disturbance of public order" there, Pinera said in a speech.
The billionaire right-wing president addressed the nation on a controversial national holiday that marks the "discovery" of the Americas by Christopher Columbus.
More:
https://www.ibtimes.com/chile-president-declares-state-exception-over-mapuche-conflict-3314926