Trying violence

摘要

As A presidential candidate in 2009, Sebastian Pinera called Mapuche Indian activists accused of burning farms and lorries "criminals". He criticised the president, Michelle Bachelet, for not using the country's harsh terrorism law to quell their protests for control of their ancestral land. Ms Bachelet later had them charged with terrorism. But on October 1st, Mr Pinera, her successor, got the charges withdrawn.