Chile’s far-right President-elect José Antonio Kast has named two lawyers who once represented the U.S.-backed dictator Augusto Pinochet to serve in his Cabinet. Pinochet ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. One of the lawyers, Fernando Rabat, has been tapped to head Chile’s Justice and Human Rights Ministry. The other, Fernando Barros, will serve as defense minister. Kast has openly praised Pinochet and is the son of a Nazi who fled Germany after World War II. Human rights groups criticized the selections. The Association of Relatives of Detained and Disappeared Persons wrote last week, “It constitutes a direct offense to the memory of the victims of the dictatorship and their families. It reaffirms a history of apologizing for the dictatorship and a commitment to impunity.”