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A fugitive colonel is finally jailed in Chilean Víctor Jara's murder case, decades after the crime

Chilean police have arrested a retired military colonel for the killing of singer-songwriter Víctor Jara over 50 years ago

The Independent UK

Pinochet-era soldier jailed for killing folk singer Víctor Jara 53 years ago

Nelson Haase Mazzei was sentenced for murdering Jara in 2023, but fled from authorities in Chile

The Guardian - UK

Chilean lawmakers want ‘museum of truth’ to provide far-right take on Allende era

National Libertarian party wants museum to highlight ‘victims’ of socialist government ousted by CIA-backed coup in 1973

The Guardian - UK

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‘A man of great appetites’: what’s it like to be a dictator’s personal chef?

In an often chilling new documentary, the chefs of brutal leaders from Idi Amin to Saddam Hussein, talk about their unusual lives behind the scenes

The Guardian - US

DNA Test Reunites Chilean American Man With Mother After Pinochet-Era Adoption Scandal

The Chilean government estimates that more than 20,000 children were stolen from families during the Pinochet dictatorship

Latin Times

Stolen under a dictatorship, reunited by DNA: One family’s emotional journey

For the first time since he was an infant, Kyle Adler boarded a plane in February to meet his birth mother

The Independent UK

Chile’s far-right government rips up plan for memorial at Pinochet torture site

New administration reverses expropriation of property founded by ex-Nazi Paul Schäfer, leaving victims in limbo

The Guardian - US

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'End of line' for dictator's alleged agent turned nanny

Victims of a brutal dictator's regime are delighted one of his alleged agents - who became a Sydney nanny - is set to be extradited over kidnapping claims.

AAP

No death penalty for ex-nanny accused of kidnapping

A former nanny accused of kidnapping people for a feared dictatorial regime before moving to Australia would not face the death penalty if extradited.

AAP

Ex-nanny's fight over crimes against humanity claims

A former nanny accused of taking part in secret kidnappings before moving to Australia is locked in a last-ditch fight to avoid extradition.

AAP

Chileans mark World Water Day by protesting President Kast's rollback of environmental rules

Thousands of people march across Chile to mark World Water Day and protest President José Antonio Kast’s rollback of environmental rules

The Independent UK

51 Pics That Show Unique Moments In Ancient And More Recent History (New Pics)

History classes in school are generally about significant events in a country or the life stories of renowned figures. You won’t often see references to pop culture icons, everyday people, and other powerful moments that left a mark over time. That’s where social media pages like Historyfeels come in, and…

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How Chile's Free Market Miracle Survived a Resurgent Left

Outgoing President Gabriel Boric predicted that Chile would go from being neoliberalism’s “cradle” to its “grave.” His movement got buried instead.

Reason

José Antonio Kast, the Pinochet fan about to swerve Chile to the far right

The new president won office by promising to clean up crime, but his background is red rag to a bull for many

The Guardian - UK

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Fears for women’s rights in Chile as anti-abortion president set to take office

José Antonio Kast, who voted against legalising divorce in 2004, has pushed for return to total abortion ban

The Guardian - US

Chile’s president-elect names staunch abortion opponent as gender equality minister

Far-right incoming president picked Judith Marín, who has publicly decried bills to decriminalise abortion, for the role

The Guardian - US

Chile’s far-right president taps into support for Pinochet that never went away

Experts say José Antonio Kast able to ‘reactivate a dormant Pinochetism’ and warn more education needed on ‘horrors of dictatorship’

The Conversation

Chile elects most right-wing leader since Pinochet – in line with regional drift, domestic tendency to punish incumbents

Chileans have elected the most right-wing presidential candidate since the end of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship over three and a half decades ago.

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Chile’s new far-right head is latest Latin American leader to ride hardline wave to power

From the US to Hungary to Argentina, rightwing leaders are praising José Antonio Kast’s win in Chile’s presidential race

International Business Times UK

Jose Antonio Kast on Chile's Presidency Sparks Conservative Wave in Politics, Critics Question Democracy Ahead

Far-right hardliner José Antonio Kast has been elected Chile's next president after a decisive runoff victory, pledging deep spending cuts, tougher security, and mass deportations.

The Independent UK

This Week in History: Soviet collapse, Clinton’s impeachment, and the death of Pinochet

From power struggles to global crises, explore how major events between 8 and 14 December were captured on The Independent’s front pages

The Conversation

Operation Condor: the secret system that terrorised exiled South American dissidents 50 years ago

Fifty years ago on November 25 1975, military intelligence officers from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay gathered in the Chilean capital of Santiago to set up what they called the “Condor System”.

The Conversation

Jair Bolsonaro arrested amid fears he planned to flee as coup trial nears conclusion

Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, was taken into custody on November 22 after it was determined there was a “high risk” of him attempting to flee to a foreign embassy. The arrest took place as the Brazilian supreme court was analysing Bolsonaro’s final appeal against a 27-year prison sentence for…

The Guardian - US

Trump is turning the US military into a political prop

The military has been recast in a partisan, performative mold – all according to the president’s logic of impunity

The Guardian - UK

Witnessing the wrath of Richard Gott in Chile

Letter: Neal Ascherson on one of the lowest points in British postwar diplomacy

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