"The democratic political system owes its legitimacy to the capacity to guarantee and respect human rights in the best of fashions. That was the lesson of Chile. We have reappraised democracy because of what we have lived through as regards human rights. When we speak about human rights, the ethical basis of democracy is at stake."
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Ignacio Walker Prieto
Ignacio Walker Prieto (7 January 1956) is a Chilean politician who was the Foreign Minister of Chile.
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