Amazon pulls Chile dictatorship 'death flights' T-shirts after backlash
Leftwing opponents were dropped from helicopters into seaRange of shirts with mocking allusions to practice were on saleAmazon has come under fire for selling T-shirts glorifying the “death flights” of...
View ArticleOperation Condor: the cold war conspiracy that terrorised South America
During the 1970s and 80s, eight US-backed military dictatorships jointly plotted the cross-border kidnap, torture, rape and murder of hundreds of their political opponents. Now some of the perpetrators...
View ArticleOperation Condor: the cold war conspiracy that terrorised South America –...
During the 1970s and 80s, eight US-backed military dictatorships jointly plotted the cross-border kidnap, torture, rape and murder of hundreds of their political opponents. Now some of the perpetrators...
View ArticleChance for Chile to forge new path in vote to scrap Pinochet-era constitution
Sunday’s referendum could mean end for 1980 constitution that allowed privatization to flourish and led to widespread inequalityCarlos Hinrichs clearly remembers the fear and repression of the Pinochet...
View ArticleChile: millions head to polls in referendum on constitutional reform
Abolishing Pinochet-era constitution was key demand of last year’s protests Chilean streets filled on Sunday for the first time since the start of the coronavirus outbreak as millions of people turned...
View ArticleChileans vote by huge majority to replace Pinochet-era constitution – video...
Chileans celebrated on the streets after voting overwhelmingly to tear up the country's constitution, imposed four decades ago under the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. In Santiago's...
View ArticleChile's latest steps towards true democracy are a beacon for the world |...
Hopes are high that the overwhelming vote to overturn the Pinochet-era constitution marks the beginning of a new eraOn Sunday, Chileans voted overwhelmingly in favour of establishing a new...
View Article'I just needed to find my family': the scandal of Chile's stolen children
At two months old, Maria Diemar was flown to Sweden to be adopted. Years later, she tracked down her birth mother, who said her baby had been taken against her will. Now investigations are showing that...
View Article'I just needed to find my family': the scandal of Chile's stolen children –...
At two months old, Maria Diemar was flown to Sweden to be adopted. Years later, she tracked down her birth mother, who said her baby had been taken against her will. Now investigations are showing that...
View Article‘We demand justice’: the retired Sydney nanny and the Chilean families still...
Ahead of an appeal in an Australian court, those who lost loved ones during the brutal regime of Augusto Pinochet say they need closureMaria Oyanedel Piña remembers her aunt as she was the day she...
View ArticleAdriana Rivas: Sydney woman and alleged Pinochet agent loses appeal to avoid...
Retired nanny is accused of being involved in the disappearance of seven people in the 1970s‘We demand justice’: the retired Sydney nanny and the Chilean families still looking for answersFormer Sydney...
View ArticleUK’s Troubles amnesty plan goes further than Pinochet’s, study says
Criticism of move to end prosecutions says it is broader than almost 300 other amnesties around worldThe UK government’s plan to end all Troubles-era prosecutions in Northern Ireland would create an...
View ArticleChile protest leader reveals he lied about having cancer
Efforts to rewrite constitution rocked after key figure Rodrigo Rojas Vade says on Instagram that he does not have leukaemia Chile’s efforts to rewrite its Pinochet-era constitution have been rocked by...
View ArticleBondi nanny accused of kidnapping Pinochet opponents loses appeal against...
Adriana Rivas is facing seven counts of aggravated kidnapping relating to the disappearance, and presumed murder, of Chile communist party membersGet our free news app; get our morning email...
View ArticleI lived through the darkness of the Pinochet era. Is Chile heading back...
Chileans go the polls on 19 December in a presidential run-off that threatens to turn the clock back decadesFor more than 70 years, 10 December has been celebrated around the world as Human Rights Day,...
View ArticleWidow of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet dies age 99
For opponents of the dictatorship Lucía Hiriart was a reviled symbol of the violent authoritarian regime and its bitter legacyLucía Hiriart, the widow of the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, has died...
View ArticleFrom the archive: Latin America’s Schindler: a forgotten hero of the 20th...
We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.This week, from 2016:Under General Pinochet’s rule of terror in...
View ArticleChile votes overwhelmingly to reject new, progressive constitution
With 96% of the ballots counted, the rejection camp has 62% and the approve team accept defeat in bid to replace Pinochet-era settlementChileans have voted comprehensively against a new, progressive...
View ArticleSadness and celebrations as Chile overwhelmingly rejects progressive...
Chileans agreed by an overwhelming margin that a proposed progressive constitution to replace its dictatorship-era charter was not what the country needed, opening a period of uncertainty and dealing a...
View ArticleChileans rejected the new constitution, but they still want progressive...
This failure is a blow and a thorny path lies ahead, but the will to replace Pinochet’s hated constitution remains strongI confess that I am in mourning. On Sunday, a resounding 62% of the voters in...
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