Patricio Aylwin, the elected president who steered Chile back to democracy has died

Wednesday, April 20th 2016 - 06:01 UTC

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The former president of Chile, Patricio Aylwin, has died aged 97 of natural causes, his family reported. Aylwin, a centre-right Christian Democrat, became president in 1990 and oversaw the transition to democracy following 17 years of military rule under General Augusto Pinochet. Read full article

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Philippe
A great statesman- and a good man- is gone,
Philippe
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