Naming of Pinochet's great-niece as Chile women's minister sparks outrage

Macarena Santelices has praised the good side' of the 1973-90 dictatorship in which over 300 women were raped under torture

Chile's rightwing president, Sebastian Pinera, has prompted a firestorm of criticism after naming an open supporter of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship as the country's new minister for women's rights and gender equality.

Controversy over the appointment of Macarena Santelices - who is also the dictators's great-niece - has focused on a 2016 interview in which she praised the good side" of the 1973-90 dictatorship in which more than 3,000 people were murdered or disappeared by security forces and many thousands more imprisoned and tortured.