FILE PHOTO: Chile's former interior minister, Andres Chadwick, attends a session at the congress in Valparaiso, Chile December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's Senate voted on Wednesday to strip a former interior minister of his right to hold public office, saying he failed to prevent human rights abuses by security forces during days of violent protests.
Andres Chadwick, a cousin and close confidant of center-right President Sebastian Pinera, resigned under pressure shortly after protests began in October, part of a cabinet shake-up designed to quell increasingly violent riots.
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