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Augusto Pinochet

My Paulina, my country
During the making of a film about my exile from Chile, I finally met the anonymous woman who saved my life during Pinochet's murderous reign.
By Ariel Dorfman Jun 11, 2008
Blood on the beach
From a dizzying reinvention of the Mafia film to Tony Manero as serial killer to the death of Bobby Sands, it's a violent spring at Cannes.
Andrew O'Hehir May 19, 2008
America's trinity of terrorism
The network of U.S.-sponsored terrorism now on global display relies on death squads, disappearances and torture.
By Greg Grandin Dec 14, 2007
Mugged by reality
Once the warrior queen of neoconservatism, Jeane Kirkpatrick died a critic of Bush's unilateralism. Her death illuminates the conflicting legacies of the movement she helped found.
By Sidney Blumenthal Dec 14, 2006
Farewell to a torturer in chief
A former associate of Allende's remembers Pinochet -- and wonders what's in store for the North American enablers who are now under international scrutiny.
By Marc Cooper Dec 11, 2006
The man without a country
How Vladimiro Montesinos' old nemesis helped force the former Peruvian spy chief out of comfortable exile in Panama -- and could compel him to face trial at home.
By Mark Schapiro Nov 7, 2000
The woman without a country
Chile's government would like the world to believe its justice system is fair and democratic. Why then has it suppressed a book exposing widespread corruption in that system and forced its author into exile in Miami?
By Alejandra Matus Jan 4, 2000
Body count
In his controversial -- and frightening -- new bestseller, Pat Buchanan argues for a mighty America built upon the corpses of the weak.
By Charles Taylor Oct 22, 1999
The end of a nightmare
After her husband was killed in Chile's bloody coup, Joyce Horman thought the only justice would come from telling her story. Now she has reason to hope those responsible will be forced to face the truth.
By Itay Hod Oct 19, 1999
Social absurdity
The push to entrust the rapacious financial industry with our Social Security money is being led by a former advisor to murderous Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
By Ian Williams Jul 20, 1999
Gentleman's agreement
A bipartisan agreement lets Clinton evade comment and action on the fate of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
By Christopher Hitchens Dec 8, 1998
The ghosts of bombings past
New files about an assassination in Washington, D.C.
By Jeff Stein Dec 3, 1998
Dictator of choice
Looking back now, we can see that Pinochet was good for Chile, whereas another dictator, Castro, is bad for his country.
By David Horowitz Nov 23, 1998
He can't go home again
No matter what the House of Lords decides, former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is finally facing the world's judgment for his murder of President Salvador Allende.
By Marc Cooper Nov 12, 1998
No place to hide
The arrest of the brutal ex-dictator Pinochet marks the first time since Nuremberg that a head of state faces legal responsibility for his mass killings.
By Bruce Shapiro Oct 21, 1998
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