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"For many politicians, especially in the US government, the acquisition of the Nobel Peace Prize has become the way to whitewash their record and rewrite history so that their crimes, genocide and murder would be less visible," Pablo Sepulveda, the grandson of former President of Chile Salvador Allende, told Sputnik Spanish.

"The decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Kissinger has always triggered a heated debate, but for me it seems outrageous that he was again invited to attend [the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony] in the 21st century — when we have made a significant progress in understanding the human rights issue. It is the way to rehabilitate his image and whitewash his crimes," Sepulveda, who currently lives in Venezuela, underscored in his interview with Sputnik.

"It is obvious that [Kissinger] will be neither arrested nor condemned," Sepulveda remarked, "However, the media hype over this matter will at least shed light on his deeds so that history will remember him not as a Nobel Peace Prize winner or national advisor, but as a criminal and executioner."

Pablo Sepulveda, the grandson of ousted President of Chile Salvador Allende told Sputnik.Last Saturday Henry Kissinger, an American diplomat and former US Secretary of State attended the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway; on the next day the 93-year old delivered a speech at the Nobel-connected forum. However, the Nobel Peace Prize winner of 1973 wasthe Norwegian daily, Dagbladet, reported.At that time Henry Kissinger served as US Secretary of State. Allende's grandson wrote an open letter for Aftenposten, Norway's largest printed newspaper,In his letter Sepulveda bemoaned the fact thatlast Sunday, while theSepulveda emphasized that Kissinger played a part not only in thebut also in America's overseas operations inFor Kissinger, Allende's grandson wrote, human life had no value so that he had no scruples about sacrificing it to his ambitions.Sepulveda — a physician, like his grandfather — believes that thein supporting the Chilean dictatorship before the coup is largely downplayed while the story of theHe pointed out that a few days after Allende won the 1970 presidential election in Chile American politicians met with Agustin Edwards, the owner of conservative newspaper El Mercurio, seeking to prevent the Chilean president-elect's inauguration.At that time the president was approved by the country's Congress and Washington tried to persuade Chilean lawmakers not to allow Allende to take office. Speaking to Sputnik, Sepulveda also called attention to theby an ultra-right group. The military chief said that he would "respect the elected president who received a mandate from the people of Chile." In the course of a kidnapping attempt, aimed at exerting pressure on Congress and preventing Allende from assuming the presidency, Schneider was killed. According to Sepulveda, the group behind the kidnappingThe physician noted thatof 1972 that caused disruption to the distribution of goods in the countrySepulveda said, referring to the campaign of political repression and state terror which started in 1968 and was championed by right-wing dictatorships of Latin America. However, he added, the