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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 15:44 UTC

Tag: pinochet dictatorship

  • Thursday, September 12th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Pinochet's coup remembered in Chile after 51 years

    “We still have more than 1,100 compatriots who we do not know where they are,” argued Boric

    Chilean authorities Wednesday paid tribute to the victims of the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte which started on Sept. 11, 1973, after the military uprising resulted in the death of President Salvador Allende and the overthrowing of the democratically-elected government 51 years ago, when a regime that would last until 1990 seized power.

  • Thursday, August 31st 2023 - 15:13 UTC

    Chile launches “Truth and Justice” program to determine forced disappearances under dictator Pinochet

    Government reports show 1,469 people were victims of forced disappearances, of whom 1,092 were secretly detained and 377 were executed. 

    Chile's government launched a program on Wednesday that seeks to determine what happened to more than 1,000 people during  Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship 50 years ago.

  • Saturday, March 4th 2023 - 08:56 UTC

    Former DINA operatives convicted in Chile

    With these new convictions, the defendants accumulate over 900 years in prison

    A Chilean court Friday unanimously repealed a previous acquitting ruling and upheld the prison sentences imposed on 59 former operatives of the General Augusto Pinochet military dictatorship (1973-1990) who were found guilty of aggravated kidnappings, mostly of members of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) in what became known as Operation Colombo.

  • Friday, February 22nd 2019 - 08:38 UTC

    Pinochet's top lady spy and alleged torturer arrested in Australia

    Adriana Rivas worked as a secretary for the infamous chief of Chile's secret police force, Manuel Contreras.

    Australian police have arrested a Chilean woman living in Sydney over her alleged involvement in a kidnapping during the military rule of Gen Augusto Pinochet in the South American country. Adriana Rivas worked as a secretary for the infamous chief of Chile's secret police force, Manuel Contreras.