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Weekly Report - 15 November 2018 (WR-18-45)

CHILE: Military seeks to reassure on various fronts

Chile’s military has conducted the biggest overhaul of its high command since the return to democracy in 1990. The changes, which were linked to a major corruption scandal, come days after a former commander-in-chief of the army, Juan Emilio Cheyre (2002-2006), became the most senior figure to be convicted of human rights crimes committed under the dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). Chile’s military published a statement in the local media stating that its new command comprises officials who entered military school between 1980 and 1988 and so have “no links” with human rights violations committed under Pinochet.

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