LATIN AMERICA ADVISOR

LATIN AMERICA ADVISOR

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June 21, 2024

How Can Boric Bring Peace to Southern Chile?

Gabriel Boric reimposed a state of emergency in southern Chile in 2022 to address the ongoing conflict there with Indigenous Mapuche militant groups, but the violence has continued. // File Photo: Chilean Government.

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Nicolás Saldías, senior analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Economist Intelligence Unit: “The tensions between the Chilean state and the Mapuche community originates from the colonization process in the Araucanía region that began in the 1860s and lasted until the 1880s. At the time, the Chilean state aggressively expanded its borders to secure its sovereignty and expand its access to rich natural resources. Only in the 1990s, with the return to democracy and a greater sensibility towards Indigenous rights, especially following the introduction of the Indigenous law of 1993, did addressing the long-standing grievances of the Mapuche community gain a sense of urgency. The majority in the Mapuche community supported efforts to…”

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