Chile
New documentary on Pinochet’s dictatorship: Some wounds should not heal
By Debra Watson, September 25, 2008
The Judge and the General tells the story of recent efforts to bring to justice the perpetrators of horrific acts of political repression committed three decades ago under Chilean military dictator Au...
The unquiet death of Charles Horman
Chilean court reenacts stadium execution of American journalist
By Bill Vann, May 17, 2002
Gunshots rang out once again in Santiago’s National Stadium May 14, nearly 30 years after the Chilean sports facility was turned into a center of torture and execution by a US-backed military ju...
Large anti-government swing in Chilean elections
By Mauricio Saavedra, December 28, 2001
For the first time since the return to civilian rule in 1990, the ruling “centre-left” coalition in Chile polled less than half the votes in the December 16 parliamentary elections, allowi...
Anti-government hostility marks Chilean election campaign
By Perla Astudillo, December 15, 2001
Socialist Party leader Ricardo Lagos, who won the Chilean presidency as the candidate for the ruling Concertacion coalition in early 2000, is facing his first major electoral test in tomorrow’s ...
Chilean regime signs electoral pact with Communist Party
By Perla Astudillo, October 2, 2001
The Chilean Socialist Party—President Ricardo Lagos’ faction of the ruling Concertacion coalition—has signed an electoral pact to support Communist Party (PC) candidates in two of it...
Chilean court ends Pinochet’s trial
By Mauricio Saavedra, July 14, 2001
With the Chilean government of President Ricardo Lagos pressing for a halt to the prosecution of former military dictator Augusto Pinochet, the Santiago Appeals Court all but ended his trial this week...
Jail deaths spark protest in Chile
By Perla Astudillo, July 5, 2001
Over 12,000 prisoners throughout Chile went on strike last month in protest over the death of 26 inmates in a fire in a jail in the northern city of Iquique. The strikers were demanding an end to the ...
Chilean court dismisses murder charges against Pinochet
By Mauricio Saavedra, March 12, 2001
The Santiago Court of Appeals handed former Chilean military dictator General Augusto Pinochet a partial victory last week, dismissing charges of masterminding dozens of murders and kidnappings in the...
Pinochet's return fuels political conflicts in Chile
By Mauricio Saavedra, March 18, 2000
Augusto Pinochet's recent arrival in Chile after 16 months confinement in Britain has heightened suppressed antagonisms within the country. Victims of the former dictatorship, emboldened by Pinochet's...
London High Court considers moves to release Pinochet
By Richard Tyler, January 27, 2000
A hearing before the High Court in London opened Wednesday to consider moves by Home Secretary Jack Straw to release the former Chilean dictator, General Augusto Pinochet.
Human rights groups to mount legal challenge to Pinochet's release by British Home Secretary
By Richard Tyler, January 25, 2000
Human rights groups are to mount a legal challenge against the British Home Secretary, Jack Straw, to prevent him effectively releasing former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Human rights groups attack decision to keep medical evidence secret
Britain poised to release Chilean ex-dictator Pinochet
By Richard Tyler, January 20, 2000
A Chilean jet arrived in Bermuda Wednesday, ready to fly to Britain and bring former dictator Augusto Pinochet back to Santiago. This is the third occasion since Pinochet's detainment 15 months ago th...
