Payback Time for Pinochetistas.(Augusto Pinochet to be held accountable for human rights violations while leading Chile)

From: The Nation | Date: December 21, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who is about to face the consequences for his gross human rights violations while in leadership, left a scarred legacy in Chile throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Though Pinochet still has supporters in Chile, the majority of Chileans want to see their former leader punished for his actions.

The ongoing detention of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, the piling up of international charges against him and his possible trial in Spain or some other European country has radically redrawn the Chilean political map. After years of being pushed aside, the internal ...

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