2023-09-13 05:01:00
The Spanish Government withdrew the Grand Cross for Military Merit from Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (photo) that was awarded to him in 1975, as agreed this Tuesday by the Council of Ministers. With this measure, which was announced by the head of the Executive, Pedro Sánchez, this Monday, Spain “advances in its commitments to democratic values,” said cabinet spokesperson Isabel Rodríguez.
The withdrawal of this decoration was made coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the coup d’état in Chile, which was commemorated on September 11. This Grand Cross was awarded in 1975 to Pinochet, dictator of Chile from 1973-1990, by the “dictator in our country,” said Rodríguez, referring to Francisco Franco.
Democratic commitments
“Our country advances in this coherence with democratic commitments, with democratic values, with rights and freedoms, preventing those demonstrations that remind us of that other moment in our history from being prolonged and from being valid within the Spanish legal system.” , said. Augusto Pinochet, who died in 2006, was the only head of state to attend the funeral of the dictator Francisco Franco, who died in Madrid on November 20, 1975.
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