Former Minister Montes Defends the Expropriation of Colonia Dignidad and Recognizes that "It Would Be Necessary to Reassess the Very High Cost"

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The MP warned that Germany has already expressed concern and that the Chilean decision affects international credibility in human rights Deputy Ana María Gazmuri (AH) and deputy head of the PC and Independent Bank, entered a trade with the ministries of National Property, Housing, Culture and Justice, requesting detailed information on the Executive's decision to suspend the process of expropriation of land in Colonia Dignidad, currently known a…

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Key officials were dismissed from the Human Rights Programme and National Plan for the Search of Missing Persons Unit of the Ministry of Justice, a couple of days after announcing that land from Colonia Dignidad, an illegal detention centre, torture and disappearances during the dictatorship will not be expropriated, while the possibility of pardoning ex-uniformed persons prosecuted and imprisoned for human rights violations and crimes against h…

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The deputy of the Communist Party, Marcos Barraza, commented on the decision of the Minister of Housing, Iván Podue, to reverse and not only suspend the expropriation of the former German enclave Colonia Dignidad that was used as a site of torture and extermination during the dictatorship. The space led by Paul Schafer who subjected its inhabitants to bloody [...] The post Barraza and decision not to expropriate Colonia Dignidad: “There is no ju…

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In the face of recent announcements of budget cuts in the Ministry of Housing and Urbanism (Minvu), the holder of the portfolio, Iván Podue, confirmed that various expropriation projects will be stopped in the country, including the plan for Villa Bavaria, better known as exColonia Dignity. The original initiative, promoted by the administration of former President Gabriel Boric, envisaged turning this German settlement, located in the commune o…

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The former holder of the Housing portfolio emphasized the historical importance of intervening the estate to close a cycle of abuses and crimes.

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The Government of Germany formally expressed its “concern” at the determination of the administration of José Antonio Kast to stop the expropriation of the lands of the former Colonia Dignidad. Through its spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Kathrin Deschauer, the European country reaffirmed that the clarification of the crimes that occurred in the enclave [...] The German entrance hits the table: concern in Berlin for a memory arrest in Colonia D…