The Pinochet dilemma.(includes related articles on the Kurdistan Worker's Party and on Pinochet's trial)(former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet)

From: Foreign Policy | Date: March 22, 1999| Author: Lagos, Ricardo; Munoz, Heraldo | Copyright information

The arrest of former Chilean dictator Pinochet was the result of a court decision rendered by a Madrid courthouse based on charges of torture, terrorism and genocide. Pinochet was 83 years old, at the time of his arrest, and was recovering from surgery in a London clinic.

Chile and the world were taken by surprise when British police officers walked into a London clinic to arrest former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who was recuperating from surgery after having entered the ...

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