Argentina withdraws decorations from the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

The decision was made by Argentine President Alberto Fernández shortly before the 50th anniversary of the coup d'état in the neighboring country.

The distinctions had been awarded in 1975, 1976 and 1993.

According to the decree published this week: "Pinochet seized power and implemented policies that subjugated life and degraded the human condition".

For this reason, "it is not reasonable for him to invoke the dignity that the decorations awarded imply," the text says.

The resolution also recalls that the dictatorship he headed in Chile "implemented a policy of persecution and violation of human rights".

In addition, it points out that the dictator, who died in 2006, promoted the Condor Plan with other military regimes in South America to coordinate repression across borders.

Meanwhile, amid the 1973 coup anniversary, Chilean President Gabriel Boric signed a document in defense of democracy with all his living predecessors.

The text was signed by Michelle Bachelet, Sebastián Piñera, Ricardo Lagos and Eduardo Frei.

A ceremony will be held in capital Santiago on Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of then president Salvador Allende.

After taking power, Pinochet led a dictatorship that lasted until 1990.