Tag: <span>Augusto Pinochet</span>
October 9, 2015 > Staff
US Documents Show Pinochet Ordered Letelier Bombing
Top Story — Declassified U.S. documents revealed Thursday show that former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet personally ordered the 1976 assassination in Washington D.C. of an exiled Chilean diplomat, The Associated […] Read More >
October 21, 2014 > Staff
Pinochet Bodyguard and Ex-Mayor Arrested in Santiago
Top Story — Chilean authorities have arrested a former aide to Gen. Augusto Pinochet, accusing him of committing various atrocities under the 1973-1990 military dictatorship. A judge on Monday ordered […] Read More >
June 13, 2012 > Juan Pedro Catepillan Tecay
Hundreds Protest Pro-Pinochet Film In Chile
SANTIAGO, CHILE — Chilean human rights organizations staged a rally on Sunday to protest an event held in honor of deceased former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. The screening of a […] Read More >
October 28, 2011 > Staff
Brazil, Argentina & Uruguay Take Aim At Dirty War Abuses
Today in Latin America Top Story— Three Southern Cone nations took major actions this week against former military members accused of crimes committed during their nations’ “dirty wars” of the […] Read More >
September 28, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Chilean Students Agree To Talks After Months Of Protests
The protests and unrest that have spread through Chile in the past four months may be coming to an end as Chile’s student federation agreed to discuss educational reforms with […] Read More >
July 20, 2011 > Staff
Autopsy Reveals Chile’s Salvador Allende Committed Suicide
Top Story — New autopsy results determined that former Chilean President Salvador Allende killed himself with an assault rifle during the 1973 coup that overthrew him. The forensic analysis, which […] Read More >
May 24, 2011 > Mari Hayman
Chilean Experts Exhume Salvador Allende’s Body
A Chilean forensic team exhumed the body of former Chilean president Salvador Allende on Monday, seeking to clarify the causes of Allende’s death on September 11, 1973. For decades, Chileans […] Read More >
January 28, 2011 > Staff
Judge Opens Investigation Into Death Of Salvador Allende
Today in Latin America Top Story — A Chilean judge opened the first official investigation into the death of former President Salvador Allende, the democratically elected socialist leader who died […] Read More >
March 12, 2010 > Staff
Chile Swears in Sebastián Piñera as New President; Aftershocks Rumble Ceremony
Today in Latin America Top Story — Chile swore in new President Sebastián Piñera Thursday amidst a 6.9 magnitude aftershock from the Feb. 27 earthquake. Piñera, along with visiting dignitaries […] Read More >