At least two people have died and 17 more have been injured in a car ramming incident in southern Chile, the 24 Horas news outlet said on its Twitter account on Wednesday

The Chilean authorities on Monday will impose a curfew in the coastal provinces of Valparaiso and Concepcion, the local authorities and media reported

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday called for independent investigations into deaths in the ongoing violence between authorities and protesters in Chile and the establishment of an open dialogue among all actors to resolve the crisis in the country

The Chilean government has called a state of emergency in several popular tourist destinations, hours after the emergency measures were declared in Santiago, the country's capital, due to continuous public unrest