Augusto Pinochet

My 35-year fight to find Pinochet torturers who killed my brother

Nov 9 2008:

How Patricia Bennetts defied intimidation from Pinochet's supporters to bring his henchman to trial

10 years of the Pinochet principle

Oct 16 2008:

Philippe Sands: The arrest warrant served on the Chilean head of state in London changed history and has implications for the US government today

Growing up in Argentina's dirty war

Sep 6 2008:

Aged six, Laura Alcoba promised herself that even if the Argentinian military death squads tortured her, burned her with an iron or drove nails into her knees, she wouldn't talk

Forensics expert says ex-Chilean president was assasinated

Jul 10 2008:

Court forensics expert says Eduardo Frei Montalva was assassinated during the rule of dictator Augusto Pinochet.

Justice the victor for Jara

Jun 7 2008:

Seumas Milne: The net is finally closing on El Principe, the Pinochet henchman who brutally killed Chile's most famous musician

The healing process

May 30 2008:

Isabel Hilton: Chile will never recover from Pinochet's legacy unless the victims of his regime are given justice

Patricia Verdugo

Feb 29 2008:

Obituary: A fearless chronicler of Chilean history, her books and articles brought Pinochet's death squads to task

Why these dictators bewitch us all

Dec 17 2006: Nick Foulkes: Bookshop shelves reveal our love of tyrants. But then, we all know a despot closer to home.

Revered and reviled, Pinochet makes his last journey on caravan of death

Dec 13 2006: Thousands of mourners in bright sunshine bowed their heads in a mass show of grief for Chile's late leader, one of the 20th century's more divisive leaders, while in another part of the capital protesters denounced his crimes.

Pinochet is gone, but his methods are still with us

Dec 13 2006: Adnan Siddiqui and Victoria Brittain: A new report collating first-hand accounts gives us the clearest view yet of the torture going on in the US's secret prisons.

Chilean government rejects state funeral for Pinochet as thousands queue to pay respects

Dec 12 2006: · Body to be cremated amid fears of attacks on tomb
· Capital quiet after 'victory parade' turns into a riot

Death of a dictator

Dec 12 2006: Leader: Augusto Pinochet's friends and enemies are unlikely to have changed their views of him since his death on Sunday, which by bizarre but appropriate coincidence was International Human Rights Day.

Relief and regret for family of missing Briton

Dec 12 2006: As General Pinochet's corpse was being prepared for a military funeral yesterday, the family of one of his two British victims was quietly celebrating, while lamenting that they had failed to put him in the dock.

The legacy of Pinochet is not yet buried

Dec 12 2006: Letters: When someone dies, there is usually some sadness, recognition of the loss of some human qualities, even in one's enemies. Not so in the case of Augusto Pinochet, a totally inhuman dictator (Obituary, December 11).

'The only way to overcome Pinochet was with his death'

Dec 11 2006: Investigations into the former Chilean dictator's human rights crimes will continue, but many hope his death might finally heal a divided country. Jonathan Franklin reports from Santiago.

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