Tag: Augusto Pinochet

• Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  Violence marks commemoration of 1973 coup in Santiago

  

  Riots and looting were reported Sunday in Santiago during demonstrations marking another anniversary of the coup d'état that in 1973 toppled then-President Salvador Allende and started the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet which lasted until 1990.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 21:01 UTC

  Chile's proposed Constitution unlikely to prevail

  

  Three weeks ahead of Chile's Constitutional Plebiscite, the nays (Rejection)are still ahead, according to a survey by the consulting firm Cadem, which showed 46% of the voters would rather keep the Constitution drafted under Dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1980 instead of adopting the one penned by the Constitutional Assembly convened last year.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Boric given draft of new Chilean Constitution

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Monday received the draft of the new Constitution after one year of work by the Assembly. The document is now to be put up for approval through a referendum in September.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Chilean Deputies pass State of Exception for southern provinces

  

  Chile's Lower House Monday passed 73 votes in favor, 41 against, and five abstentions the renewal of the State of Exception in four southern provinces in the Bíobio and La Araucanía regions. The measure still has to be approved by the Senate.

• Friday, December 17th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Chile: Pinochet's widow Lucía Hiriart dies aged 99

  

  Lucía Hiriart, the widow of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, has died at her home in Santiago at the age of 99, her family announced Thursday.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  Chilean court upholds convictions against DINA torturers

  

  Former operatives of Chile's National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) have been convicted earlier this week for crimes against humanity committed during Augusto Pinochet's military regime (1973-1990).

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  Embarrassing private messages by Brazilian President disclosed

  

  Brazilian news outlets Thursday revealed embarrassing private Whatsapp messages from President Jair Bolsonaro which included homophobic remarks and words of praise for former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

• Monday, September 13th 2021 - 08:29 UTC

  Arrests, protests and looting in Santiago on the anniversary of the military coup

  

  Some eleven people were arrested in Chile following the rioting and looting in Santiago on the 48th anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet that in September 1973 overthrew the government of democratically elected Socialist president Salvador Allende.

• Monday, September 13th 2021 - 08:19 UTC

  Australian intelligence worked with the CIA in the Chilean coup of 1973

  

  Australia was involved in espionage operations in Chile during the seventies, in support of the United States CIA agency activities conspiring against the democratically elected government of Socialist Salvador Allende, ousted by the military 48 years ago.

• Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Piñera sets July 4 as opening day for Chile's Constitutional Convention

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Sunday announced the new constituent assembly is scheduled to open sessions on July 4,