Video Length 24 minutes 55 seconds
As Chile marks 50 years since Augusto Pinochet’s navy coup, Luis Cordero Vega discusses its darkish legacy.
Augusto Pinochet’s navy coup in 1973 was adopted by 17 years of systematic human rights violations and the disappearance of some 1,500 Chileans who’ve by no means been discovered.
Kin say they need to discover their stays to finish their lengthy mourning interval. A lot of them have died ready.
As in lots of nations the place the armed forces have dedicated atrocities towards civilians, those that know the place the stays of their victims had been buried or destroyed have been reluctant to cooperate.
However the Chilean authorities is heading an formidable plan to attain justice.
Luis Cordero Vega, Chile’s minister of justice and human rights, talks to Al Jazeera.