Felix Diaz reappeared with a complaint for Macri and does not exclude to speak to Fernández

Moments before the meeting with the president Mauricio Macri, the chief Qom Felix Diaz made a claim to the government and declared that he was "open to dialogue" with the presidential candidate of Frente de Todos, Alberto Fernandez.

At the gates of Casa Rosada, where he will talk with the head of state, Díaz said that for indigenous peoples "the thing is more and more difficult". He added: "The territorial issue is one of the serious problems we face because of the absence of a policy including the issue of land ownership".

He also said that for the qom "it is important that this government listens to us and sometimes solves the problems that are raised", and when asked it would talk to Alberto Fernández, the indigenous leader has indicated that "always" was "open to dialogue" and stressed: "we will seek opportunity to discuss and raise this issue".

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Although Díaz supported Macri early in his government, in January 2017 he questioned the repression suffered by the Mapuche community of Chubut and highlighted the government's responsibility in this regard.

"The provincial government of Mario Das Neves and the national of Mauricio Macri are responsible, the law should prevail over the legal protection of the indigenous peoples so that they are not evicted from their lands." We repudiate this attitude of the gendarmerie and police in the province of Chubut who abuse power to persecute the Mapuche brothers, "he said at the time.