Chile s new Interior Minister Izkia Siches escaped unharmed after her motorcade in La Araucanía was halted and gunshots were fired into the air in Temucuicui, some 670 kilometers south of Santiago.
SANTIAGO Gabriel Boric of the left-wing Approve Dignity coalition was sworn in as the president of Chile on March 11. The 36-year-old Boric became the youngest president in the country’s history, after winning the presidential run-off in December 2021.
Santiago, Mar 15 (EFE).- The sound of gunshots and a barricaded road interrupted the first visit by new Chilean Interior Minister Izkia Siches to the restive southern region of Araucania, the scene of a long-running conflict involving Mapuche indigenous people, government security forces and forestry companies. Tuesday’s incident occurred as the minister was traveling on …
Mar 11, 2022 -
The leftist Gabriel Boric 36, was sworn in on Friday as the youngest president ever of Chile in a ceremony with a majority of women among the new power, which