Chile’s president-elect José Antonio Kast announced the list of 25 ministers that will be part of his cabinet after he takes office on March 11. Fernando Rabat, who defended Pinochet in a 2004 embezzlement case, will be minister of justice and human rights. However, in 2021 Kast denied being a Pinochet supporter and questioned the human rights violations committed during his rule. “Chile needs decision, character, it needs a government that acts with urgency,” Kast said during the cabinet presentation on Wednesday. Although Pinochet was investigated for the embezzlement case and the extreme violations of human rights committed during his dictatorship, he died in 2006 without any convictions.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald January 22, 2026 16:50 UTC