Chile: Human Rights Watch urges transparency in investigation into Allende’s death
Monday, January 31st, 2011
- Salvador Allende
[Translation of an article by the Spanish news agency Efe from El Mostrador of Santiago, Chile, for January 29. See original article here , or read Salvador Allende's last message to the Chilean people, in Spanish and in English translation, here, or download actual recording, in MP3 format, here.]
The United States organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) today asked Chile to insure that the investigation into the death of President Salvador Allende, approved this week by the Justice Department, be carried out “with the greatest transparency.”
“It is necessary to act with the greatest transparency,” declared José Miguel Vivanco, HRW director for Latin America, in statements to Radio Cooperativa.
“It is necessary to provide all the facilities needed by the Justice Department, which has shown itself to be independent and objective, in order to get to the bottom of the question and to establish the truth of what happened,” Vivanco stressed. (more…)