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Augusto Pinochet

Balancing Your Life and Human Rights

Ellen Susman | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Chile, Kosovo, United Nations General Assembly, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, Burma, United Nations, Michelle Bachelet, Mexico, Augusto Pinochet, Human Rights, Nuclear Weapons, Human Rights Watch, Sudan, Global Warming, Angola, Villa Grimaldi, Torture, World News
Ellen Susman

Gabriele said that over time some prisoners would find ways to illustrate their stay. They would draw stars, birds, and trees to remind them of freedom. She said they could often smell the roses outside.

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Raised at Fidel's Knees, a Son of the Revolution Tells Us What's Behind the Curtain

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Cuba, Leonid Brezhnev, Velasco Alvarado, Juan Almeida Bosque, Cuban Revolution, Juan Juan Almeida, Fidel Castro, Augusto Pinochet, World News
Yoani Sanchez

Juan Juan Almeida brushed up against power and got scratched, without it doing him much good. His book, Memoirs of an Unknown Cuban Guerrilla, is the story of a brazen witness.

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Senator Edward Kennedy Made Human Rights Part of US Foreign Policy

Aryeh Neier | Posted 09.27.2009 | World

Read More: Chile, Augusto Pinochet, Senate, Human Rights, Henry Kissinger, Gerald Ford, Ted Kennedy, World News
Aryeh Neier

Kennedy reacted strongly to reports of the great cruelties that accompanied the coup in which General Augusto Pinochet took power in Chile.

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Qadhafi: Once A Clown, Always A Clown?

Jason Saltoun-Ebin | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Chile, Qadaffi and Terrorism, Ronald Reagan, Augusto Pinochet, Muammar El-Qaddafi, World News
Jason Saltoun-Ebin

After President Obama shook hands with Libyan leader Qadhafi earlier this month at the G8 summit, I tried to imagine what President Reagan would have done.

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Chile: Remnants Of Dictatorship Get New Life

GlobalPost | Pascale Bonnefoy | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

Read More: Globalpost, Chile, South America, Latin America, Chile Dictatorship, Santiago Chile, Chile Pinochet, Dictatorship, Pinochet, Augusto Pinochet, World News

SANTIAGO, Chile -- During Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, political prisoners were held in navy ships and stadiums, in office buildings and police st...

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Pinochet Museum Portrays Chile's Infamous Dictator In A Different Light (VIDEO)

GlobalPost | Mark Scheffler | Posted 04.11.2009 | World

Read More: General Augusto Pinochet, Chilean Museum, Chile, Pinochet Museum, Pinochet, Augusto Pinochet, Video, Latin America, World News

SANTIAGO, Chile -- Brutal dictator or misunderstood hero? A case study in the banality of evil, or a modest showcase for a complicated man? That's ...

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Campaign to close down School of The Americas

The Real News | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Chile, El Salvador, Jesuit Priests, Latin America, School of the Americas, Terrorism, Archbishop Romero, Augusto Pinochet, Torture, Soa, Montt, Banzer, Galtieri, Noriega, Foreign Policy, Politics News
The Real News

Since 1946, the US Pentagon has operated a military training center for Latin American soldiers and policemen known as the School of the Americas. The...

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Dennis Kucinich's Impeachment Resolution Could Be Helpful in a Future War Crimes Trial

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Impeachment, Klaus Barbie, Nuremberg Trials, Augusto Pinochet, Dennis Kucinich, George W. Bush, Bush Impeachment, Dennis Kucinich Impeachment, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Bush has embarked on his "Farewell Tour" of European capitals. But if he travels abroad when he is no longer president, he stands a good chance of being detained and charged with war crimes.

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