Chile's National History Museum director fired for including Pinochet in 'Sons of Liberty' exhibit [View all]
The director of the National Historical Museum of Chile, Pablo Andrade, was dismissed today following his decision to include a tribute to former dictator Augusto Pinochet in a historical exhibit.
The exhibit, called Sons of Liberty: 200 Years of Independence, was organized as part of the country's bicentennial celebrations.
Among the 14 notable figures in Chilean history, it included both a portrait of the late dictator as well as a quote of his extolling the September 11, 1973, coup as "[the day] Chile joined the fight against the Marxist dictatorship by freedom-loving peoples."
The Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage stated that the minister, Alejandra Pérez Lecaros, asked Andrade to resign, citing "serious curatorial errors" in the exhibit.
The ministry ordered the immediate withdrawal of the Pinochet tribute.
"We deeply regret the moral harm caused by this situation, as the form and selection has caused, with just cause, so much controversy, and is inadmissible," the ministry said in the statement.
Pinochet ruled Chile as head of a military junta from 1973 to 1990 after a violent coup against President Salvador Allende. The Pinochet regime left over 3,500 dead or missing, tortured at least 28,000 political prisoners, and drove an estimated 200,000 Chileans into exile.
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Chile's National Historical Museum, in Santiago.
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