King Valentino suits Chile state
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Rapa Nui, Easter island, oct 2011. Valentin Riroroko (79) elegido Rey de Rapa Nui, visitando el sector de Ahu Tongariki. In Rapa Nui, also called Easter Island, the king of the original people is back after a hundred years RirorokoTuki Valentino, the new monarch, is an old man who has made his living as a farmer and fisherman and traveled the world as a ship´s stowaways .
He lives in a modest house in a rural area of the island near their 8 children and 24grandchildren.
He was proclaimed King by the Assembly of Rapa Nui in July, and his reign has aunique purpose: to finish with the Treaty of Wills from 1888, by which Chile took possession of Easter Island. The demand for Valentino and people ask seeks for Independence and also a billionare suit against Chilean state for a century of apartheid and discrimination.