Tag: European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)

• Tuesday, February 8th 2011 - 14:05 UTC

  Fearing Pinochet 1998 experience, former US president Bush cuts short EU visit

  

  When former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet flew to Europe in 1998 for a vacation and back surgery, little did he know that he would be jailed by British authorities (acting on a Spanish arrest warrant) for human rights violations that occurred during his 17-year dictatorship.