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SANTIAGO - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is to have a street, square or public space named after him in the district where he lived during his 1973-1990 rule.
The local council of Las Condes in the Chilean capital Santiago approved a proposal from the district's right-wing mayor Francisco de la Maza by a 6-2 vote, a council source said.
The council will now decide where to honor the dictator, who died on December 10 aged 91.
Nearly 3200 people were killed in political violence in Chile during Pinochet's rule, the vast majority by his police and secret agents. Some 28,000 were tortured.
While supporters of the general say his 1973 coup saved their country from possible civil war, others view him as a mass murderer who should have been tried for human rights abuses.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, who was held in one of Pinochet's torture centres, also lives in Las Condes.
- REUTERS
