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Montevideo, November 24th 2024 - 11:19 UTC

Tag: Augusto Pinochet

  • Saturday, July 22nd 2023 - 10:58 UTC

    Chile: No house arrest for those convicted of human rights violations

    “Crimes against humanity are unamnestible,” Cordero said

    The Chilean administration of President Gabriel Boric Font Friday spoke against granting house arrest to military personnel convicted of human rights violations during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990). Justice Minister Luis Cordero denounced a proposal submitted by the ultra-right Republican Party in this regard.

  • Wednesday, July 12th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

    Pinochet, not a “President,” Chile's Lower House approves

    Pinochet's name should not be among those of the people who were elected President of Chile

    Chile's Lower House Tuesday passed a resolution striping late dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte from the title of “president” by 67 votes against 47 and 8 abstentions, it was reported in Santiago. The initiative should not pass to the Senate as it is a draft statement that also defines Pinochet as a “military and political figure” and his government (1973-1990) as an “authoritarian regime.”

  • Thursday, June 1st 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    One-third of Chileans okay with Pinochet overthrowing Allende

    “Pinochet was a coward... never a statesman,” Boric argued

    Over 30 % of Chile's population still approves of General Augusto Pinochet staging a military coup d'état nearly half a century ago to topple Socialist President Salvador Allende, according to a study by Market Opinion Research International (MORI) released in Santiago this week.

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

    Violence marks commemoration of 1973 coup in Santiago

    Some demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails at Carabineros police. Boric insisted dialogue was the way. Photo: Carlos Vera / Reuters

    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

    Rejection seems to be a good thing for Chile's economy

    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

    If approved in the September 4 plebiscite, the document will replace the neoliberal Carta Magna from the Pinochet era, which favors privatizations.

    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

    The southern provinces suffer recurrent episodes of rural violence

    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

    Doña Lucía was feared even by the dictator himself, according to reports

    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

    The sexual nature of the crimes had not been taken into account in previous human rights sentences

    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

    O Globo accessed a new number through which Bolsonaro texted his aides

    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.