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Two-hundred-thousand acres burned, most of it pine forests, 14 people dead, hundreds of houses razed to the ground, wineries destroyed, and an as yet undetermined number of old vineyards have succumbed to the flames along a 150-mile stretch of southern Chile, from the Maule Valley to the Province of Arauco. The devastating fires towards the

Violence in the south of Chile is on the rise and the newly installed government of president Gabriel Boric is showing greater concern following the rejection of conciliatory messages by the indigenous Mapuche who is demanding land in La Araucaria, which they claim belongs to their ancestors, and now is occupied and exploited by forestry companies and farmers.

Chiles 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.

Chiles Upper House Tuesday afternoon approved yet another extension to the State of Constitutional Exception in the provinces of Bío Bío and Arauco, in the Bío Bío region, and in those of Malleco and Cautín, in La Araucanía.

Photo: ANDINA/JNE 21:11 | Santiago (Chile), Apr. 1. Peruvians residing in Chile will not be able to participate in the general elections scheduled for April 11, due to the implementation of health measures against COVID-19 that restrict the movement of people residing in such nation, the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) said on Thursday. According to ONPE, Perus Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile, which...