Chile’s lower chamber of congress has thrown out a constitutional challenge by the political opposition to remove three magistrates sitting on the supreme court (CSJ) for “abandonment of duties” after they released seven prisoners in July who had been convicted of crimes against humanity committed under the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). The vote, which took place on 13 September, two days after the 45
th anniversary of the Pinochet-led coup that toppled Salvador Allende (1970-1973), comes amid heightened political tensions over the origins of the dictatorship and Chile’s democratic history
[WR-18-33].
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