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.”