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Chile: 100+ pardon requests pending, most tied to dictatorship-era convictions
Interferencia·CL·2 days ago
Broad Front Secretary General Constanza Martínez publicly questioned President José Antonio Kast for not ruling out pardons for individuals convicted of human rights violations under the dictatorship, accusing the government of lacking 'state character' by citing humanitarian reasons. The exchange signals a sharpening political confrontation in Chile over historical human rights accountability, though no pardon decision has been announced.