Ceremonies were held around the world Wednesday to mark the sixtieth annual International Human Rights Day, held on the anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. In Chile, President Michelle Bachelet honored victims of the US-backed military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet: “Never again, the empire of cruelty and abuse of people. Never again, the persecution for ideological or political reasons. Never again,
criminals in the government and the complicity of other. Today we reaffirm our commitment to the defense of human rights at all times and everywhere.”

Bachelet was speaking at a ceremony breaking ground on a new museum to remember victims of Pinochet’s regime.