Chile's president-elect picks Pinochet lawyers as ministers

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Chile's far-right President-elect Jose Antonio Kast named his cabinet picks on Tuesday ahead of his inauguration on March 11, 2026. Controversially, the new cabinet picks include two ex-lawyers of dictator Augusto Pinochet, who brutally ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. Pinochet's rule saw more than 3,200 people dead or missing and the torture and imprisonment of tens of thousands more. Fernando Rabat, who defended Pinochet in a case of embezzlement of public funds, will lead the justice and human

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