One of the delegates of this era was Pablo Piñera [es], but on 31 January 1983, he was dismissed after a conflict related to the manner in which negotiations with the entity's workers were handled.
[3] That same year Cuadra began to work in the Office of Special Affairs of Government – which was in charge of relations with the Holy See and which provided political analysis to Pinochet – led by Sergio Rillón.
His departure came after some statements Cuadra made to Diario Siete [es], in which he claimed that under Pinochet, for whom he was minister, some people were detained - particularly Ricardo Lagos, after the 1986 attack on the general[8] – to save them from falling into the hands of the feared Central Nacional de Informaciones (CNI, successor to the DINA).
Hence, Judge Hugo Dolmestch, who was in charge of the investigation into the killings of four leftist militants committed by the CNI, ordered the interrogation of several of the members of Pinochet's cabinet, including Cuadra.
[13] Cuadra was featured as the main character of the novels Baila hermosa Soledad (1991) by Jaime Hales [es] and La patria (2012) by Marcelo Leonart.