Chile's President vows to repeal amnesty law for Pinochet crimes
Gaby Rivera, president of the Relatives of Detainees and Missing Persons organisation, dances the Cueca Sola, a tradition dance that has become representative of mourning for those searching for disappeared family members, outside La Moneda presidential palace on the anniversary of the 1973 military coup in Santiago, Chile, September 11, 2024
CHILEAN President Gabriel Boric has promised to push for the repeal of a dictatorship-era amnesty law that rules out most investigations of crimes against humanity committed under General Augusto Pinochet.
In a speech on Wednesday commemorating the 51st anniversary of Gen Pinochet’s bloody US-backed military coup against the elected left-wing government of Salvador Allende, Mr Boric said: “We renew our commitment to democracy and human rights, always, in our country and everywhere in the world.
“Today’s date is a day that moves us, that invites us to remember and also to act.”
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