#NewWorldReport: Indigenous people disorder Chile's Mapuche and Patagonians. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave). Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc HFN

Oct 25, 2021, 11:38 PM

Photo: Mapuche couple

#NewWorldReport:  Indigenous people disorder Chile's Mapuche and Patagonians. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave). Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc HFN

     “Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has 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.”  
     “The Mapuche are the largest Indigenous group in Chile. They number about 1.7 million out of the country’s 19-million population and live mainly in the south.