Tag: Iron Curtain

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 19:39 UTC

  Chilean president describes Thatcher as a ‘brave woman’ and ‘a great loss for the world’

  

  Chilean President Sebastián Piñera said that the death of Margaret Thatcher “is a great loss for the world”, while relatives and followers of Augusto Pinochet recalled how close the two leaders were and the support extended to the military regime.

• Monday, April 8th 2013 - 18:50 UTC

  Margaret ‘changed Britain forever’ and gave real inspiration to those living without political freedom

  

  Margaret Thatcher changed Britain forever but also gave hope and real inspiration to people behind the Iron Curtain and all those living without political freedom, said Foreign Secretary William Hague on the death of Baroness Thatcher.