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A civil war in Chile and a president's death by suicide inspired Isabel Allende's new novel

A bloody civil war and the death by suicide of an ousted president served as inspiration for Isabel Allende’s most recent novel, “My Name is Emilia del Valle.”

The Independent UK

‘The law is another form of storytelling’: Philippe Sands in conversation with Juan Gabriel Vásquez

When Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London in 1998, lawyer Philippe Sands was part of the prosecution. As his book about the case comes out, he talks to the Colombian novelist about literature and justice

The Guardian - UK

‘Walls are where we communicate’: how murals paint Chile’s politics

Alejandro ‘Mono’ González has used walls as his political voice for six decades in Chile, a ‘nation of muralists’

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The Searchers by Andy Beckett review – the leftists who took their lead from Tony Benn

An absorbing study of the radical left makes a convincing case for their cultural victories but romanticises the Jeremy Corbyn years

The Guardian - UK

Chile Court Orders Reinvestigation Into Pablo Neruda's Death

Chilean court reopens investigation into Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda's death amid poisoning suspicions, seeking justice for the revered poet.

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Death of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda should be reinvestigated, court rules

The death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda days after Chile's 1973 military coup should be reinvestigated, an appeals court has ruled, saying new steps could help clarify what killed the poet.

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Half a century later, the military junta still haunts Chile

Chileans recently voted to reject a proposed new constitution which critics said was even more authoritarian and conservative than the 1980 dictatorship-era constitution it sought to replace.

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Donald Duck vs. Salvador Allende

A century after Disney's founding and 50 years after the Chilean coup, the battle for our shared future rages on

Salon

Kissinger’s obsession with Chile enabled a murderous dictatorship that still haunts the country

Noticing my nonappearance at the start of a black-tie dinner at the Johannesburg home of Harry Oppenheimer, a mining magnate and Africa’s richest man, the host assumed I was boycotting the event on principle. It was a reasonable assumption: I was the Chilean ambassador to South Africa, and Henry Kissinger…

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Extradition of singer’s alleged killer raises hopes of justice for Pinochet era

Pedro Barrientos touched down in Santiago on Friday to face trial for murder of folk singer Víctor Jara in 1973

The Guardian - US

From Cambodia to Bangladesh: a brief history of Henry Kissinger’s alleged war crimes

Henry Kissinger sided with military dictators and genocidal regimes in his pursuit of projecting US power during the Cold War, resulting in the deaths of millions of innocents, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

Kissinger's unwavering support for brutal regimes still haunts Latin America

Leftists in Chile were tortured, tossed from helicopters and forced to watch relatives be raped during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet

The Independent UK

From Cambodia to Bangladesh: a brief history of Henry Kissinger’s alleged war crimes

Henry Kissinger sided with military dictators and genocidal regimes in his pursuit of projecting US power during the Cold War, resulting in the deaths of millions of innocents, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

Latin America remembers Kissinger’s ‘profound moral wretchedness’

US statesman’s encouragement of Pinochet’s coup in Chile and his backing for Argentina’s military dictatorship left lasting stain

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The Independent UK

From Cambodia to Bangladesh: a brief history of Henry Kissinger’s alleged war crimes

Henry Kissinger sided with military dictators and genocidal regimes in his pursuit of projecting US power during the Cold War, resulting in the deaths of millions of innocents, Bevan Hurley reports

Al Jazeera

Henry Kissinger: 10 conflicts, countries that define a blood-stained legacy

The master of cold realpolitik left a legacy of destruction that is still playing out across the world.

France 24

Death of Henry Kissinger: From WWII refugee to the nexus of US political power

Henry Alfred Kissinger was a German-born Jewish refugee who fled the Nazi regime with his family as a teen in 1938, eventually settling in New York City. He went on to serve as national security adviser, secretary of state or as a special adviser in five US presidential administrations, becoming…

The Guardian - UK

Joan Jara obituary

British dancer who sought justice for her husband, the Chilean folk singer Victor Jara, murdered during the Pinochet regime

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Joan Jara, British dancer and Victor Jara’s widow, dies aged 96

The human rights activist died two weeks before her husband’s killer is due for extradition from US to Chile

AAP

Australia risks becoming safe haven for war criminals

Australia must create special crime units to bring justice to war criminals exploiting loopholes to start new lives without accountability, a new report says.

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Patricio Guzmán: fierce filmmaker who chronicled 50 years of Chile's history after Pinochet coup

This week marks half a century since the beginning of Augusto Pinochet’s brutal 17-year dictatorship – a dark and devastating period of Chile’s history that continues to leave scars on the South American country.

The Guardian - US

Chile president gives staunch defence of democracy, 50 years after Pinochet coup

Gabriel Boric makes speech outside palace where Salvador Allende was overthrown in 1973, ushering in brutal military dictatorship

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the other 9/11: Pinochet’s dictatorship casts a lengthening shadow

Editorial: Washington should come clean about its role in the 1973 Chilean coup d’état, as it is seen as part of attempts to destabilise leftwing governments in Latin America

The Guardian - UK

‘A fascist tried to electrocute us on stage’: the musicians who took on the Chilean junta

Under Pinochet, artistic expression in Chile was its own form of resistance. Fifty years on from the coup, performers are keeping the flame of protest alight

The Guardian - UK

‘It became an obsession’: the long search for the remains of Pinochet’s victims

As Chile marks 50 years since the coup, women who have scoured the desert for remains of their husbands fear the brutality of the death squads will be forgotten

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