King Valentino suits Chile state
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Rapa Nui, Easter island, oct 2011. 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.