Chile turns mansion used by Pinochet’s secret police into an art museum

“The mansion used as a domestic spying centre by the feared secret police of former dictator Augusto Pinochet will now house works of art and be dedicated to the Marxist foe overthrown by the general’s bloody 1973 coup.

The Salvador Allende Solidarity Museum, due to open in April, will exhibit work by the likes of Pablo Picasso, Roberto Matta and Joan Miro.

“This is Salvador Allende’s revenge,” said Jose Balmes, the Spanish-born director of the museum.”

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