4. Transition to democracy and finding out the truth about the past crimes
General Pinochet was ruling in the Chile for 17 years, and finally, in 1990, Chile…
The process leading to the return of democracy was not easy at all, especially keeping…
The end of the Pinochet’s rule happened solely because it was the people’s will,…
Reasons for Pinochet still getting 43 % of the votes in the plebiscite, even his…
In March 1990, the president Patricio Aylwin came to power, and it can be marked…
Coming to the power of democratically elected president does not mean yet that rapid…
It took a long time, even after the so-called return of democracy in 1990, to reach…
Dealing with the legacy of dictatorship meant that it was the time to use the criminal…
The important step undertook by the president Aylwin just 6 weeks after his inauguration…
It was the Commision which had 8 members, and exactly there lays it’s first significance:…
The Commision had a mandate to investigate and document human rights violations which…
Even Commision was not allowed to and did not name the perpetrators, and Amnesty…
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