Overview
- President Gabriel Boric led the 52nd‑anniversary ceremony at La Moneda, with a minute of silence, musical tributes and participation by victims’ families and rights groups.
- Boric linked Chile’s dictatorship memory to the current crisis in Gaza, denouncing Israel’s actions as genocidal and citing intentional famine and attacks on civilians.
- He detailed measures toward Israel that include withdrawing much of Chile’s diplomatic representation in Tel Aviv, freezing arms purchases and declining to receive the Israeli ambassador’s credentials.
- The president highlighted advances in the Plan Nacional de Búsqueda to clarify the fate of the disappeared, stressing the state’s duty to locate victims of forced disappearance.
- The commemorations unfolded as right‑wing presidential hopefuls drew criticism for remarks seen as justifying the 1973 coup or backing a similar move under comparable conditions.