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Weekly Report - 16 November 2017 (WR-17-45)
CHILE: Piñera announces plan for Araucanía
In one of his final campaign appearances ahead of the general election on 19 November, the frontrunner in the presidential race, former president Sebastián Piñera (2010-2014), launched his plan for Chile’s La Araucanía region where indigenous Mapuche lay claim to ancestral lands. Mapuche-related unrest has dominated the campaign period in a manner unprecedented in recent electoral contests, due to a series of arson attacks in August; high-profile arrests of leading Mapuche activists; and hunger strikes [WR-17-40] prompting criticism of the response by the leftist Nueva Mayoría government led by President Michelle Bachelet.
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