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Chilean lawmakers propose ‘museum of truth’ for pre-Pinochet years

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Far-right National Libertarian party say museum would highlight ‘victims’ of socialist governmentFar-right lawmakers in Chile have proposed the creation of a “museum of truth” to tell its own version of the years preceding Gen Augusto Pinochet’s bloody dictatorship – and emphasise the plight of what it calls the victims of Salvador Allende’s socialist government. According to the seven congresspeople from the far-right National Libertarian party who presented the bill, the museum would...

Far-right National Libertarian party say museum would highlight ‘victims’ of socialist government

Far-right lawmakers in Chile have proposed the creation of a “museum of truth” to tell its own version of the years preceding Gen Augusto Pinochet’s bloody dictatorship – and emphasise the plight of what it calls the victims of Salvador Allende’s socialist government.

According to the seven congresspeople from the far-right National Libertarian party who presented the bill, the museum would highlight the “outrage, hunger and humiliation” of Allende’s Popular Unity government.

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