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Chilean left-wing opposition parties accuse the centre-right government of trying to whitewash history.
From now on, the military rule of Gen Augusto Pinochet will be referred to as a regime rather than a dictatorship in primary school textbooks.
The government says the move is not politically motivated. Rather, it calls for a more general term to be used in the textbooks.
The newly appointed education minister Harald Beyer said: "It is about using the same expression that is used around the world, a more general term such as military regime."
The leftists however find the move "unacceptable". "It goes against all common sense, because the whole world knows that for 17 years what we had in Chile was a ferocious dictatorship with the most serious violations of human rights," said Senator Isabel Allende.
From now on, the military rule of Gen Augusto Pinochet will be referred to as a regime rather than a dictatorship in primary school textbooks.
The government says the move is not politically motivated. Rather, it calls for a more general term to be used in the textbooks.
The newly appointed education minister Harald Beyer said: "It is about using the same expression that is used around the world, a more general term such as military regime."
The leftists however find the move "unacceptable". "It goes against all common sense, because the whole world knows that for 17 years what we had in Chile was a ferocious dictatorship with the most serious violations of human rights," said Senator Isabel Allende.
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