This peace commission will begin its work in March, with a totally transversal composition giving guarantees to all partiessaid the Left President during a press conference.

” This isn’t an order to diagnose, there’s been enough of that. It is a commission that aims to take into account the recommendations of national and international organizations in order to reach a solution to the conflict. »

He also acknowledged his government’s mistakes in this conflict since it was installed eight months ago.

In the 16th^e In the 19th century, the Mapuches resisted Spanish expansion before being subdued in 1870 by the Chilean army, which began settling settlers on their lands. Reclaiming these ancestral lands is at the heart of their fight against the state and forest companies in the region.

It’s about to closely examine the land demand of the Mapuche communities and propose concrete mechanisms with concrete deadlines for the settlement and settlement of these debts that the State of Chile owes to the Mapuche peoplesaid the 36-year-old leader.

The Chilean president on Thursday began a two-day visit to the Araucania region, a richly forested area, the first since he took office.

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His visit was preceded by a series of attacks, including the burning of a church and school and roadblocks. More attacks were carried out during the night from Thursday to Friday, including the burning of a truck and a house. At least eight people have died in the region since the beginning of the year.

The coordination Arauco Malleco (CAM), one of the main Mapuche radical organizations that has claimed responsibility for the arson, said in a statement on Wednesday that it refused Mr Boric’s trip because it believes he obeys the interests of the oligarchy, the power of economic groups opposed directly to the Mapuche cause.

in October 2021, Sebastián Pinera, then the country’s conservative president, had decreed the militarization of the region. Mr. Boric put an end to this measure two weeks after donning the head of state’s attire. But in May, in the face of fresh attacks, he ordered his transfer.