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THE REAL ISSUE: PINOCHET AND HUMAN RIGHTS |
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THE REAL ISSUE: PINOCHET AND HUMAN RIGHTS |
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| 15.11.04 | The Guardian | 'I am a survivor of Villa Grimaldi' |
| 21.3.01 | The Guardian | Where there's a wheel . 'Bibi Herrera, potter-poet who rebuilt her life after the Pinochet terror.' |
| 16.12.00 | The Guardian | Chronicle of a death postponed . 'Marc Cooper, an American, was working for President Allende in 1973 when Pinochet seized power in a brutal coup. This is Cooper's account of that terrifying time and his flight to freedom.' |
| 6.2.00 | The Observer | Pinochet thugs tortured British priest |
| 31.1.00 | The Guardian | Life after death . 'The searing play Death and the Maiden examined the scars left by a brutal dictatorship after the restoration of democracy. As General Pinochet's return to Chile seems ever more likely, Duncan Campbell asks the tortured how they can bear to see their tormentors go unpunished.' |
| 31.1.00 | The Independent | The executions for which general may never be held accountable |
| 3.1.00 | The New York Times | Shadows of torment . 'Pinochet case reviving voices of the tortured' |
| 19.10.99 | Salon | The end of a nightmare .'After her husband was killed in Chile's bloody coup, Joyce Horman thought the only justice would come from telling her story. Now she has reason to hope those responsible will be forced to face the truth.' |
| 30.9.99 | The Independent | "They took me to a park, laid me across a bench and broke my arms." 'Marcela Pradenas was a victim of General Pinochet's brutal security forces. So why is she taking Britain to the Court of Human Rights?' |
| 11.7.99 | The Sunday Times | 'Caravan of death' haunts Pinochet |
| 16.6.99 | The Guardian | Children of exile . 'Civil wars may end, but the victims' suffering is passed down the generations. Diane Taylor hears one Chilean family's experience of a trauma that lasts for ever' |
| 12.2.99 | The Guardian | Armed only with a camera . 'One of the greatest documentaries ever made is to be given a rare screening in Britain. John Pilger reveals how The Battle Of Chile records Pinochet's crimes against humanity' |
| 12.2.99 | The Guardian | 'I didn't take time enough to cry' . 'Simon Hattenstone talks to the director who was locked up and tortured for making The Battle Of Chile' |
| 22.1.99 | The Daily Telegraph | My crusade for justice, by Pinochet pursuer |
| 17.1.99 | The Observer | Pinochet's men burnt my son - and I want justice . 'She watched her son die from burns inflicted by the Chilean army. Tomorrow she wants the General to pay for it' |
| 15.1.99 | The Guardian | Personal account of life under General Pinochet . "Pinochet must pay for his crimes. It's a personal thing" |
| 4.11.98 | The Guardian | Blood cries out . 'Pinochet's men did terrible things to me and my friends. How can we let him go free today?' |
| 28.10.98 | The Daily Telegraph | I want justice - not revenge, says daughter of Allende |
| 27.10.98 | The Guardian | One Chilean's story |
| 26.10.98 | BBC Online | Briton William Beausire 'returns' to haunt Pinochet |
| 26.10.98 | BBC Online | Spanish connection: Families demand justice |
| 23.10.98 | BBC Online | Testimony: Detainee remembers Chile 1973 |
| 21.10.98 | The Daily Telegraph | Britons among those tortured under regime of terror |
| 19.10.98 | The Daily Telegraph | Arrest 'should have been made sooner' |
| 5.9.98 | BBC Online | 'They couldn't kill his songs' |
| 15.11.04 | The Guardian | Chile
identifies 35,000 victims of Pinochet. 'Presidential
commission brings forward new claims about torture.' |
| 9.1.01 | The Guardian | Chilean army admits 120 thrown into sea. 'Disclosure adds to dossier against defiant Pinochet.' |
| 27.9.99 | BBC Online | The 35 torture charges facing Pinochet |
| 26.6.99 | BBC Online | Doctors say 200,000 tortured in Chile |
| 26.6.99 | BBC Online | New allegations about Chile deaths |
| 29.1.99 | BBC Online | Bolivians disappeared in Chile |
| 24.1.99 | BBC Online | Chile hunts Pinochet torture evidence |
| 21.11.98 | The Daily Telegraph | Tortured bodies of Pinochet foes found in Chile |
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PINOCHET'S DETENTION AND THE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS |
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| 21.12.04 | BBC Online | Pinochet 'mentally fit' for trial. 'Mr Guzman implied Mr Straw was either taken in by Gen Pinochet or had tired of the 18-month battle over the former dictator when he finally decided to release him without charge. "Mr Straw was fooled or he was 'practical'," Mr Guzman said, laughing.' |
| 2.12.01 |
The Independent |
Top Labour
lawyer fined over breach |
| 9.4.01 | The Independent | UK put pressure on Lockerbie judges, warns UN observer |
| 13.3.01 | The Guardian | Straw plan to give up extradition role . 'In cases involving requests for extradition from outside the EU, Whitehall civil servants will take over the role of the home secretary at the beginning of the process but he will keep his final discretion in cases which have political implications.' |
| 7.1.01 | The Observer | Secret UK deal freed Pinochet . 'A new book alleges the former dictator's release from Britain was brokered between Chile and Downing St.' |
| 25.11.00 | The Independent | Expert witnesses 'pressured to change evidence' |
| 5.3.00 | The Observer | Did the dictator dupe us? 'Andy McSmith reveals details of the medical tests that let the 'ailing' Pinochet return to Santiago, from where Jonathan Franklin reports on jubilation, and anger, at his arrival.' |
| 3.3.00 | The Independent | Secret negotiations got the Home Secretary off the extradition hook . 'A deal to free General Pinochet was brokered as long ago as last August, according to campaigners from both camps.' |
| 3.3.00 | The Independent | Pinochet takes flight amid accusations of betrayal and subterfuge |
| 3.3.00 | The Independent | Spain rids itself of an embarrassment . 'Realpolitik finally prevailed over human rights considerations, to the relief of a conservative government that never wanted the general brought to Spain.' |
| 3.3.00 | The Independent | Straw defends decision to let General Pinochet go home |
| 3.3.00 | The Times | The Legacy: Judicial shadow over the dictators . 'Torture has now been firmly established as an international crime for which a former head of state can be tried, regardless of where the offences occurred.' |
| 3.3.00 | The Times | Pinochet flies out a free man . 'Chile split between a hero's welcome and prosecution.' |
| 2.3.00 | BBC Online | Straw's statement in full |
| 2.3.00 | BBC Online | Pinochet set free |
| 23.2.00 | The Independent | Pinochet must have new tests, Straw told |
| 17.2.00 | The Guardian | Mental barriers to Pinochet standing trial . 'The following is an edited version of the findings of a medical examination of General Pinochet conducted at Northwick Park Hospital, London, on January 5, 2000, by Professor Sir John Grimley Evans, Dr MJ Denham and Professor Andrew Lees.' |
| 17.2.00 | The Independent | Doctors support stroke claim, but leave questions |
| 17.2.00 | The Daily Telegraph | Pinochet health report must go before a court, says Amnesty |
| 16.2.00 | The Independent | Details of Pinochet medical report . 'The medical report on General Augusto Pinochet - translated back into English from extracts published in two Spanish newspapers.' |
| 16.2.00 | The Independent | Straw ordered to release Pinochet medical reports |
| 14.2.00 | BBC Online | Date set for Pinochet decision |
| 13.2.00 | The Observer | Family flying to be with 'ailing' Pinochet |
| 8.2.00 | BBC Online | Court agrees to full Pinochet hearing |
| 8.2.00 | The Guardian | Report 'may stigmatise' Pinochet |
| 1.2.00 | The Independent | Belgium starts new challenge to halt release of Pinochet |
| 31.1.00 | Chile Committee for Justice | El País publishes secret Pinochet letters |
| 31.1.00 | BBC Online | Pinochet appeal fails |
| 27.1.00 | The Guardian | Belgium attacked for 'diatribe' over Pinochet |
| 25.1.00 | BBC Online | Belgium begins Pinochet challenge |
| 22.1.00 | The Independent | Straw gives Pinochet opponents more time |
| 21.1.00 | The Times | Doctor questions Pinochet secrecy |
| 19.1.00 | The Independent | Campaigners claim Pinochet could have been faking dementia |
| 18.1.00 | BBC Online | Final plea from Pinochet opponents |
| 18.1.00 | The Guardian | Judge's last ditch attempt in pursuit of Pinochet |
| 18.1.00 | The Independent | CPS may take Straw to court over Pinochet |
| 16.1.00 | The Observer | Pinochet: Straw may have misled MPs |
| 16.1.00 | The Sunday Times | Chile plots high-speed exit for freed Pinochet |
| 15.1.00 | The Financial Times | Spanish judge seeks new medical exam |
| 13.1.00 | The Guardian | Precedent set by Britain offers little comfort to world's tyrants . 'Immunity Courts will not ignore human rights crimes' |
| 13.1.00 | The Guardian | Extradition refused as 'unjust and oppressive' |
| 13.1.00 | The Times | Angry Spanish ask to see medical report |
| 12.1.00 | BBC Online | Home Office statement in full |
| 12.1.00 | The Times | Pinochet to be released |
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REACTIONS TO PINOCHET'S DETENTION |
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| 9.3.00 | BBC Online | Pinochet awarded 'Oscar' |
| 6.3.00 | The Independent | Chile president furious at parade of top military at Pinochet arrival . 'Mr Lagos ... vowed "to show the world that here we are a democratic country, where the authority elected by the people rules, and where the armed forces are disciplined and obedient".' |
| 4.3.00 | BBC Online | Thousands march against Pinochet |
| 3.3.00 | BBC Online | Pinochet in the Spanish and Chilean media |
| 15.2.00 | BBC Online | Clashes after Pinochet ruling |
| 23.1.00 | The Observer | Coup ghosts wait for Pinochet . 'Britain's detention of the ex-tyrant has changed the way Chileans see him, giving hope of justice to the families of the dead.' |
| 22.1.00 | The Guardian | Tension high for return of 'Mi General' . 'Supporters pray for Pinochet but families of the disappeared still hope to pursue him through the courts.' |
| 12.1.00 | The Guardian | Enemies clamour for trial in Chile . 'Santiago General's foes lament 'terrible blow' as fans rejoice.' |
| 18.10.99 | The Daily Telegraph | Anniversary carnival to mark arrest of Pinochet |
| 16.10.99 | The Guardian | People find the confidence to face the truth but fear the general's last laugh |
| 15.10.99 | The Financial Times | Detention of Pinochet 'aid' to democracy |
| 10.10.99 | The Independent on Sunday | Chile's future hangs on the general's fate |
| 8.10.99 | BBC Online | Cheers and tears in Chile and Spain |
| 18.9.99 | The Guardian | Chile warns of Pinochet reprisals |
| 12.9.99 | The Sunday Times | Pilgrims fly in to celebrate coup with Pinochet |
| 5.8.99 | The Times | Pinochet boost from Allende |
| 25.7.99 | The Sunday Telegraph | Pinochet's interview starts storm in Chile |
| 1.7.99 | BBC Online | Cut ties with UK: Chile businessman |
| 22.5.99 | BBC Online | Fists fly over Pinochet |
| 25.3.99 | BBC Online | Chilean president applauds Pinochet ruling |
| 25.3.99 | The Guardian | Chile: Calm in all heartfelt quarters |
| 23.3.99 | The Daily Telegraph | Pinochet's son hints at apology for abuses |
| 23.3.99 | The Times | Falklands cut off in Pinochet protest |
| 5.3.99 | The Daily Telegraph | Chile's top judge warns law lords |
| 26.1.99 | The Guardian | Pinochet defence cash 'comes from the working class' |
| 6.1.99 | BBC Online | Pinochet supporters set up cash hotline |
| 1.12.98 | BBC Online | Lords verdict sparks debate in Chile |
| 28.11.98 | BBC Online | Chile promises legal action on Pinochet |
| 26.11.98 | BBC Online | President Frei pleas for calm |
| 26.11.98 | The Times | Troops called out as divided Chileans clash . 'Pinochet judgment: The Lords' decision has given courage to relatives of those who disappeared' |
| 23.10.98 | BBC Online | Calls for Pinochet's release |
| 22.10.98 | BBC Online | Chilean president appeals for calm |
| 20.10.98 | The Daily Telegraph | Crisis deepens the divide in Chile |
| 5.12.00 | The Times | Lamont accepts Pinochet honour |
| 5.3.00 | The Sunday Times | Thatcher gift to Pinochet celebrates sinking of Spaniards |
| 3.3.00 | The Independent | How a 'fat fish' finally slipped through the net . 'Pointing, he said to his bodyguards: "Look, fat fish". It was a particularly cruel private joke.' |
| 2.3.00 | BBC Online | Tories welcome Pinochet decision |
| 2.3.00 | BBC Online | Anger at 'unjust' Pinochet ruling |
| 12.1.00 | BBC Online | Uproar over Pinochet statement |
| 31.10.99 | The Sunday Times | Carey pleads for Pinochet to be released |
| 25.10.99 | The Daily Telegraph | Chile should do more for Pinochet, says Lamont |
| 10.10.99 | The Observer | Pinochet allies turn on Chile |
| 8.10.99 | BBC Online | Tory dismay over Pinochet ruling |
| 7.10.99 | The Guardian | Pinochet kidnapped, says Thatcher . 'Former PM's staunch defence of Chilean dictator steals the show for the second day running at conference's biggest fringe event' |
| 7.10.99 | The Daily Telegraph | Thatcher condemns 'kidnap' of Pinochet |
| 7.10.99 | The Times | Pinochet arrest 'unjust' |
| 6.10.99 | BBC Online | Thatcher pleads Pinochet's case |
| 3.10.99 | The Sunday Telegraph | Thatcher will break silence at conference |
| 27.9.99 | BBC Online | Noisy protests greet Pinochet hearing |
| 17.9.99 | The Financial Times | Thatcher to push claim |
| 15.9.99 | BBC Online | Pinochet regrets violence |
| 11.9.99 | BBC Online | Pinochet coup remembered |
| 23.7.99 | The Guardian | Does this man look like a dictator? 'He reads about his hero Napoleon and watches Jean Claude Van Damme videos. Sometimes he races remote control cars with his grandchildren. Christina Lamb spends a sunny afternoon in Surrey with the man who considers himself Britain's only political prisoner' |
| 19.7.99 | The Daily Telegraph | Getting to know the General . 'In this world-exclusive interview, the first since his arrest nine months ago, General Augusto Pinochet talks to Dominic Lawson about his life and trials' |
| 7.7.99 | The Daily Telegraph | Thatcher attacks ministers over 'friend' Pinochet |
| 6.7.99 | BBC Online | Thatcher lambasts Pinochet arrest |
| 27.6.99 | The Observer | Thatcher fears war crimes arrest |
| 15.4.99 | BBC Online | Thatcher condemns 'vindictive' Straw |
| 27.3.99 | The Independent | Adoringly, the Lady praised him for bringing democracy to Chile |
| 26.3.99 | BBC Online | Thatcher stands by Pinochet |
| 26.3.99 | The Guardian | Thatcher visits her old friend Pinochet . 'The former prime minister thanked the former dictator for his help in the Falklands and praised him for bringing democracy to Chile' |
| 24.3.99 | BBC Online | 'A lesson for the world' |
| 24.3.99 | BBC Online | Thatcher: Send Pinochet home |
| 23.3.99 | The Guardian | Two sides line up for action after Pinochet ruling . 'Nick Hopkins reports on groups on both sides of the divide, and how they will react to the law lords' |
| 1.2.99 | The Guardian | 30,000 back extradition as Pinochet hearing continues |
| 22.1.99 | The Daily Telegraph | 250 Chileans join Tory supporters in PR campaign |
| 17.1.99 | BBC Online | Protest against Pinochet |
| 17.1.99 | The Observer | Look who's coming to the rescue of Augusto |
| 17.1.99 | The Sunday Telegraph | Pinochet rivals square up for PR campaigns |
| 9.12.99 | BBC Online | Pinochet reaction splits on party lines |
| 30.11.98 | BBC Online | Labour MPs demand Pinochet's extradition |
| 25.10.98 | BBC Online | Pinochet row escalates |
| 22.10.98 | BBC Online | Pinochet - Thatcher's ally |
| 20.10.98 | BBC Online | Campaigners push for Pinochet trial |
| 3.3.00 | The Guardian | Britain scorned as easy haven for criminals |
| 22.9.99 | The Guardian | Going cold on it . Pinochet's London extradition hearing is about to start. But his Spanish pursuers are no longer so keen |
| 25.3.99 | The Guardian | Spain: Clamour for prosecution |
| 20.2.99 | The Guardian | Shock at Pope's Pinochet plea |
| 20.2.99 | The Daily Telegraph | Vatican in clash over Pinochet |
| 20.2.99 | The Daily Telegraph | 20-year crusade to bring about reconciliation |
| 19.2.99 | BBC Online | Pinochet letter 'not from Pope' |
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THE UNITED STATES CONNECTION |
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| 23.4.02 |
The Guardian |
Kissinger
testimony pleas refused |
| 18.4.02 |
The Independent |
Kissinger
faces UK questioning over dictators' network |
| 14.4.02 |
The Independent |
Writs and demos over Chile coup
hound Kissinger |
| 29.3.02 |
The Guardian |
Kissinger
may face Chilean court over coup killing |
| 28.3.02 |
The New York Times |
For Chilean Coup, Kissinger Is
Numbered Among the Hunted |
| 12.9.01 | The Guardian | Kissinger sued over Chile death |
| 6.7.01 | The Guardian | Chileans call on Kissinger for answers about killing . 'Judge reopens case of US writer murdered during Pinochet coup.' |
| 29.5.01 | BBC Online | US bars Kissinger in Pinochet probe |
| 6.3.01 | The New York Times | New Files Tie U.S. to Deaths of Latin Leftists in 1970's |
| 20.11.00 | The Guardian | US agencies paid millions to prop up Pinochet |
| 19.11.00 | The Washington Post | Files Raise Questions On Journalist's Death |
| 14.11.00 | The Washington Post | Documents Link Chile's Pinochet to Letelier Murder |
| 20.9.00 | The Washington Post | CIA Had Covert Tie To Letelier Plotter . 'The CIA maintained relations with and made a one-time cash payment in the mid-1970s to a top Chilean intelligence official, Manuel Contreras, even though he was considered one of the country's major human rights violators, according to a new CIA report on covert agency operations in Chile.' |
| 28.5.00 | The Washington Post | Pinochet Probers Tout New Evidence |
| 24.3.00 | The Miami Herald | Affidavit links Pinochet to car bomb assassination |
| 23.3.00 | The Washington Post | U.S. Probe Of Pinochet Reopened |
| 17.2.00 | The Times | FBI may extradite Pinochet officials |
| 14.2.00 | The Guardian | Pinochet may have had CIA go-ahead to kill two Americans, documents show |
| 9.12.99 | BBC Online | FBI renews Pinochet probe |
| 3.12.99 | The Washington Post | CIA's Chile Coup: Document Demand Eased |
| 24.10.99 | The Washington Post | Still Hidden: A Full Record Of What the U.S. Did in Chile . By Peter Kornbluh |
| 11.10.99 | The Guardian | Files show Chilean blood on US hands . 'Clinton accused of protecting darkest of the CIA's secrets' |
| 9.10.99 | The Independent | US implicated in 'Missing' death |
| 9.10.99 | The Washington Post | CIA May Have Role in Journalist's Murder |
| 7.10.99 | The Washington Post | CIA Accused of 'Whitewash' on Pinochet . 'Document Release to Exclude Papers on Agency's Role in '73 Coup, Activists Told' |
| 1.7.99 | The Guardian | How Pentagon was forced to admit the truth . 'A flood of information about human rights abuses in Pinochet's Chile is about to pour on to the web' |
| 1.7.99 | The Guardian | CIA files on Pinochet released |
| 1.7.99 | BBC Online | US releases secret Pinochet files |
| 29.6.99 | The Guardian | Chile to hear truth on CIA links to junta . 'Thousands of previously secret files will be published tomorrow' |
| 12.4.99 | The Times | Bush backs Pinochet freedom campaign |
| 4.4.99 | The Sunday Telegraph | Kissinger joins call to release Pinochet |
| 28.2.99 | The Observer | Kissinger covered up Chile torture |
| 9.1.99 | The Guardian | US considers trying Pinochet for car bombing. |
| 8.1.99 | BBC Online | Pinochet could face US trial |
| 4.12.98 | BBC Online | Albright: 'We made terrible mistakes' |
| 1.12.98 | BBC Online | Pinochet: the US connection |
| 30.11.98 | BBC Online | Straw 'under pressure from US' |
| 8.11.98 | The Observer | Inside corporate America . 'Marxist threat to cola sales? Pepsi demands a US coup. Goodbye Allende. Hello Pinochet' |
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RED HERRINGS: TRADE AND THE FALKLANDS CONFLICT |
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| 28.3.02 |
The Financial Times |
Pinochet cloud over Straw's
Chilean defence contracts push |
| 28.12.00 | The Financial Times | Lockheed Martin wins deal |
| 1.7.99 | The Independent | Britain 'backed arms deal after Pinochet coup' |
| 15.12.98 | BBC Online | Defence deals doubt over Pinochet row |
| 9.12.98 | BBC Online | Pinochet saga bad for business |
| 1.11.98 | The Sunday Telegraph | Pinochet was invited to Britain as guest of MoD |
| 24.10.98 | The Daily Telegraph | How smiles masked Chile's real ambitions |
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CHILE |
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| 6.1.05 | The Independent | Five years on, will Pinochet finally be brought to justice in his native Chile? |
| 21.12.04 | BBC Online | Pinochet 'mentally fit' for trial. 'Mr Guzman implied Mr
Straw was either taken in by Gen Pinochet or had tired of the 18-month
battle over the former dictator when he finally decided to release him
without charge. "Mr Straw was fooled or he was 'practical'," Mr Guzman
said, laughing.' |
| 12.12.04 | The Observer |
Family press Chile for body of
tortured priest |
| 1.12.04 | BBC Online | Chile
navy admits torture on ship. 'The Chilean navy has
acknowledged for the first time that torture took place on one of its
training ships shortly after the military coup in 1973.' |
| 26.8.04 | BBC Online | Chile
strips Pinochet of immunity. 'Chile's Supreme Court has
ruled that the country's former military ruler, Augusto Pinochet,
should be stripped of immunity from prosecution.' |
| 1.7.02 |
BBC Online |
Chile
drops Pinochet trial |
| 10.7.01 | The Guardian | Pinochet mentally unfit to face trial |
| 19.6.01 | BBC Online | Prosecutors urge Pinochet trial |
| 9.3.01 | The Independent | Pinochet escapes murder charges over Chile's Caravan of Death |
| 13.2.01 | BBC Online | Chile court hears Pinochet appeal |
| 12.2.01 | BBC Online | Chilean general denies torture |
| 9.2.01 | The Daily Telegraph | Document 'proves Pinochet is guilty' |
| 30.1.01 | The New York Times | Judge Reinstates Pinochet Case With New Order for House Arrest |
| 25.1.01 | BBC Online | Pinochet denies charges . 'Official transcript of the interrogation, signed by both parties.' |
| 10.1.01 | The Guardian | Pinochet agrees to health tests |
| 6.1.01 | The Guardian | Pinochet refuses health tests |
| 27.12.00 | Los Angeles Times | Pinochet Must Have Mental Tests Before Any Interrogation, Court Rules |
| 21.12.00 | The Guardian | Pinochet ordered to face his nemesis |
| 11.12.00 | BBC Online | Court blocks Pinochet arrest |
| 3.12.00 | BBC Online | Army to call for Pinochet talks |
| 3.12.00 | The Independent on Sunday | Pinochet's lawyers try to block arrest warrant |
| 3.12.00 | The Observer | Death lists hold key to Pinochet fate . 'The former dictator's supporters were caught off guard by a judge's decision to act alone, reports Hugh O'Shaughnessy in Santiago.' |
| 2.12.00 | Los Angeles Times | Pinochet Ordered to Trial for Kidnapping |
| 1.12.00 | BBC Online | Pinochet charged with kidnapping |
| 21.11.00 | BBC Online | Chilean agent convicted over Prats' killing |
| 10.11.00 | The Guardian | Pinochet confined to Chile . 'Court bars general from leaving country after extradition request.' |
| 21.8.00 | BBC Online | Pinochet given interrogation date |
| 9.8.00 | The Independent | Chilean supreme court opens door to Pinochet trial |
| 9.8.00 | The Times | Chile's top court strips Pinochet of immunity from trial . 'Government sources have said... that his release from Britain was part of a trade-off, reached when President Lagos's Government committed itself to backing a trial.' |
| 16.7.00 | The Observer | Pinochet case lawyer escapes death in mystery car crash . 'Supreme Court decision on ex-dictator's parliamentary immunity is postponed after human rights leader's 'accident'.' |
| 25.5.00 | The Independent | Pinochet to appeal after court removes immunity |
| 22.5.00 | The Financial Times | Pinochet shadow hangs over Chile |
| 10.5.00 | The Independent | Pinochet's mind is healthy, say Chilean doctors |
| 28.4.00 | The Guardian | Clashes in Chile . 'Rival protesters fight as court begins to decide Pinochet's fate.' |
| 22.4.00 | The Guardian | Chile faces moment of truth with hearing to seal off Pinochet's escape route |
| 7.4.00 | The Financial Times | Court to hear Pinochet illness case |
| 27.3.00 | The Independent | Pinochet awarded criminal immunity in Chile |
| 9.3.00 | BBC Online | Chile's most famous judge |
| 9.3.00 | The Times | Chile prepares to take up Pinochet cases . 'Spanish doctors yesterday condemned the medical report on which Jack Straw, the Home Secretary, based his decision to send General Pinochet back to Chile as "absurd, surreal, incoherent and untrustworthy".' |
| 21.2.00 | Human Rights Watch | New Obstacle to Pinochet Prosecution . 'Hurried change to Chile's constitution condemned.' |
| 13.2.00 | The Independent on Sunday | New Chilean law could let Pinochet off |
| 29.1.00 | BBC Online | Ex-prisoners accuse Pinochet of torture |
| 22.1.00 | The Daily Telegraph | Jailed police chief holds the key to Pinochet secrets . 'Contreras said: "I constantly informed the president of the republic of any activity or event that arose, at the moment of its occurrence as well as daily. Only he... could arrange and order the missions that were executed, and always... I carried out strictly that which I was ordered to do."' |
| 16.9.99 | The Guardian | Pinochet ally arrested for 1982 murder |
| 15.9.99 | BBC Online | Pinochet ally in murder trial |
| 23.8.99 | The Guardian | Chile opens first talks on fate of the 'disappeared' |
| 23.7.99 | The Independent | Pinochet's generals fail in attempt to avoid trial |
| 22.7.99 | The Financial Times | Retired officers to face kidnap trial |
| 10.6.99 | The Guardian | Chilean 'death squad chief' faces arrest . 'Army suspected of hiding retired general.' |
| 5.3.00 | The Independent on Sunday | 'Loyal' general had fooled Allende, too . 'If Pinochet really has been pulling the wool over everybody's eyes, it is not for the first time. He has a long track record of concealing his true nature and intentions beneath a disarmingly straightforward exterior.' |
| 22.11.99 | Los Angeles Times | Pinochet: Lies Hid Behind Shades . 'A new book compiling interviews by Maria Eugenia Oyarzun, a Chilean journalist close to the retired general.' |
| 15.1.99 | The Guardian | Chile under Pinochet - a chronology |
| 9.12.98 | BBC Online | Pinochet profile: Saviour - or tyrant |
| 19.10.98 | The Daily Telegraph | Son of a clerk who became the strong-man of South America |
| 9.3.98 | BBC Online | Pinochet's rule - repression and economic success |
| 9.3.98 | BBC Online | Pinochet's legacy: reform and apathy |
| 12.11.04 | BBC Online | Daughter
rues Pinochet-era abuses. 'The eldest daughter of Chile's
former military ruler has said the use of torture during his 1973-90
regime was "barbaric and without justification".' |
| 10.11.04 | BBC Online | Chile's torture report finalised |
| 10.12.00 | The Observer | Revealed: Pinochet drug smuggling link |
| 25.11.00 | BBC Online | Pinochet admits responsibility |
| 2.5.00 | The Times | Obituary: Raúl Rettig , 'Chilean lawyer who confirmed what the world already suspected - that General Pinochet's regime was responsible for 'the disappeared' He died in Santiago on April 30 aged 91.' |
| 12.3.00 | BBC Online | Chile's new leader regrets coup 'tragedy' |
| 5.2.00 | The Financial Times | Censorship comes under the spotlight |
| 17.1.00 | The Washington Post | Chilean Socialist Defeats Ex-Ally of Pinochet |
| 2.10.99 | The Guardian | Gustavo Leigh . 'A key plotter of the Chilean coup, he ordered the bombing of the Moneda palace but later fell out with Pinochet' |
| 13.9.99 | The Guardian | Two die in Chile as clashes mark coup anniversary |
| 12.9.99 | BBC Online | Protests mark Chilean coup anniversary |
| 6.8.99 | BBC Online | Chile aid for Indians 'inadequate' |
| 7.7.99 | The Guardian | Sola Sierra . 'She fought for justice for her husband and other 'disappeared ones' in Chile' |
| 6.7.99 | The Times | Obituary: Sola Sierra , 'Chilean human rights activist, died on July 1 aged 63. She was born in January 1936' |
| 2.7.99 | BBC Online | Chilean campaigner dies |
| 17.6.99 | BBC Online | Publishers of Chile corruption book arrested |
| 29.4.99 | BBC Online | Mapuche Indians occupy estates |
| 12.4.99 | The Times | Obituary: Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez , former Archbishop of Santiago, died on April 9 aged 91. He was born in Santiago on September 27, 1907 |
| 10.4.99 | BBC Online | Chile mourns Cardinal Henriquez |
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