US EditionChile President Picks Pinochet Lawyers as Ministers of Human Rights and Defense
President-elect Kast appoints two former lawyers of dictator Pinochet to key ministries, sparking criticism from human rights groups over unresolved dictatorship-era crimes.
- Chile's incoming far-right president Jose Antonio Kast has chosen lawyers who defended dictator Augusto Pinochet as his ministers of defense and justice/human rights.
- Fernando Barros, 68, led Pinochet's defense when he was detained in London in 1998, while Fernando Rabat, 53, represented Pinochet in a case of embezzlement of public funds.
- Kast, a Pinochet admirer elected on an anti-crime and anti-immigrant platform, says his cabinet aims to 'always put Chile first' despite concerns over human rights implications.
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Chile's newly elected right-wing president Jose Antonio Kast said on Tuesday he would appoint two former lawyers for late dictator Augusto Pinochet as defense minister and justice and human rights minister. Kast will take office on March 11, when he is sworn in as the country's first far-right president since Pinochet.
Human rights organizations consider appointments to be a “return” and an affront to the victims of Pinochet’s military regime.
Chile's new president has appointed lawyers who previously defended the former dictator to important positions.
These are the appointments of Fernando Rabat, who will assume the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, and Fernando Barros, who will be Minister of Defence and Coordination of the Armed Forces.
The appointment this Tuesday of two former lawyers of dictator Augusto Pinochet as future ministers of justice and defense in the...
José Antonio Kast takes over the presidency in Chile in March. He has already appointed two ministers, who once represented dictator Augusto Pinochet in court.
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