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Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Tuesday announced a state of emergency and deployed troops to two southern regions where clashes have broken out between members of the Mapuche community 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 in the southern regions of Biobio and Araucania, and to deploy 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

Luciano rivasChristopher columbusLucia dammertUniversity of santiagoPresident sebastian pineraAraucania governor luciano rivasThe taipei times