RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Around a thousand soldiers began a six-month withdrawal Saturday (26) from an area in southern Chile where a conflict between the indigenous Mapuche population, the state and large forestry companies has been going on for decades and has recently intensified.
The state of emergency imposed in October by the previous government of conservative Sebastián Piñera and since extended by parliament will expire on March 26, signifying the demilitarization of the area. One of the first decisions of the current president, leftist Gabriel Boric, was not to extend the measure further, as the use . . .
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