The initiative seeks to expand and protect the individual and communal rights of the communities living throughout the country, among them, the Mapuche, Aymara, Quechua and Rapa Nui nations, which have been dispossessed for centuries.

It also seeks to enshrine the principle of interculturality that recognizes and values the country’s richness and diversity.

“Interculturality is elemental if we want to build a more just and inclusive Chile, a Chile where everyone belongs to and feels part of it,” the president said in a video posted on his X account.

The announcement comes on the eve of the commemoration of the National Day of Indigenous Peoples and is related to the recommendations issued by the commission, that for two years, analyzed the conflict between the Chilean state and the Mapuche community.

Last May, after receiving the commission’s report, the president announced a series of measures, such as expediting the distribution of lands, creating an indigenous affairs body, and reactivating the communities’ economies.

He also announced the decision to promote the draft reform of the Constitution for the constitutional recognition of indigenous peoples, along the same lines proposed by the commission.

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