News of pinochet

Chile to reopen probe into mystery death of poet Pablo Neruda

20-02-2024 15:32 An appeals court in Santiago ordered the reopening of the investigation into the death of Neruda, who many believe was poisoned by the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

CHILEAN POLITICS

Chile to vote on new, more conservative constitution

16-12-2023 16:51 Chileans to vote in a second referendum aimed at replacing the country's dictatorship-era constitution, with analysts saying the new proposal is even more conservative than the existing charter.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Dictator Pinochet looms large over Chile 50 years after coup

07-09-2023 12:04 Augusto Pinochet suspended democracy using military force to overthrow a popularly-elected president and rule Chile with an iron grip that saw thousands of his subjects tortured and killed. Yet, 50 years after his power grab, and despite a brutal legacy, the general continues to inspire admiration rather than condemnation among many.

HUMAN RIGHTS

50 years later, Chilean mothers pine for 'disappeared' sons

01-09-2023 17:53 A National Plan for the Search for the Disappeared was recently launched by the government of President Gabriel Boric, in the first coordinated attempt by the Chilean state to establish the conditions and circumstances in which each disappeared.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Chile doctor convicted of Pinochet-era crimes arrested at Ezeiza Airport

06-06-2023 21:47 Fugitive Manfredo Enrique Jurgensen arrested at Ezeiza International Airport moments before he boarded a flight to Germany; Chilean doctor convicted of crimes during Pinochet dictatorship could now be extradited.

RISE OF THE RIGHT

Chile's far right re-emerges after presidential defeat

11-05-2023 09:26 Led by conservative lawyer José Antonio Kast, an apologist for deceased military dictator Augusto Pinochet, Chile's Partido Republicano remains an enduring force.

NERUDA INVESTIGATION

Was Pablo Neruda poisoned? Probe members say inconclusive

17-02-2023 11:04 Two members of a scientific panel that investigated the mysterious death of Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda unable to determine whether or not Chilean poet was poisoned, though examination of his molars confirmed presence of toxic bacteria.

INVESTIGATION

Experts deliver report on Pablo Neruda's mysterious death to Chile judge

16-02-2023 14:37 Report delivered to Chilean Judge on Wednesday may suggest poison as the cause of death for Nobel laureate poet Pablo Neruda.

News of pinochet

Chile to reopen probe into mystery death of poet Pablo Neruda

Chile to vote on new, more conservative constitution

Dictator Pinochet looms large over Chile 50 years after coup

50 years later, Chilean mothers pine for 'disappeared' sons

Chile doctor convicted of Pinochet-era crimes arrested at Ezeiza Airport

Chile's far right re-emerges after presidential defeat

Was Pablo Neruda poisoned? Probe members say inconclusive

Experts deliver report on Pablo Neruda's mysterious death to Chile judge

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