With no sign of improvement in President Michelle Bachelet’s approval ratings, the leftist Nueva Mayoría coalition government is now facing fresh criticism over its handling of the long-running Mapuche conflict. Renewed violence in the southern Araucanía Region (where the indigenous Mapuche lay claim to ancestral lands) prompted complaints by truckers, and the government’s dismissal of the Araucanía regional governor, Francisco Huenchumilla. On 24 August, lorry drivers’ groups including the Confederación Nacional de Transporte de Carga (CNTC) began a march from Temuco, Araucanía’s regional capital, to Santiago to protest at a lack of security. On 7 August, a group of 20…
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