After 50 years, Chile will seek truth and justice for the disappeared

[Judi Lynn]

written by Claudia Fanti
Published on
September 6, 2023



With a long delay and amid much controversy, Gabriel Boric’s government has finally published its commemorative program for the 50th anniversary of the September 11, 1973 coup.

The start of the activities, under the slogan “Democracy is memory and the future,” took place on Wednesday, during the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, with the launch of the National Plan for the Search for Truth and Justice, aimed at shedding light on the fate of the Chilean desaparecidos.

The culmination of the commemorations will of course take place on September 11, when the government will receive Latin American and other heads of state and government at La Moneda. Three other important moments are planned during the day: an event with Salvador Allende’s family members and associates in the presidential palace; the signing of the “For Democracy, Today and Always” pledge, to which the government has invited representatives from all political sectors; and the reading aloud by ministers of the names of public officials executed and made to disappear during the 17 years of the dictatorship.

Before that, among several other initiatives, the government will put forward its human rights agenda on September 5th, and the “Dialogues for Memory and Democracy” will take place on the 8th, a space for civil society to meet and reflect on the breakdown of democracy and the challenges of the present and future.

More:
https://global.ilmanifesto.it/after-50-years-chile-will-seek-truth-and-justice-for-the-disappeared/

[Solly Mack]

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