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Chile: judge rejects prosecution of ex-general
A Chilean judge refused a request to prosecute former general Fernando Matthe, who oversaw the base where Gen. Alberto Bachelet was tortured to death in 1973.
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Peruvian left bids farewell to Javier Diez Canseco
On May 7, thousands filled the streets of Lima, as leaders and activists from across the spectrum of Peru’s political left joined the funeral march for Javier Diez Canseco.
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Argentina war crimes suspect arrested in Uruguay
Col. Alberto Julio Candiotti, a former Argentinine military officer wanted for crimes committed during the country’s 1976-1983 “Dirty War,” was arrested in Montevideo.
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Argentina: ex-dictator Videla dies in prison
The leader of Argentina’s 1976 coup and the 1976-1983 “dirty war” has died in prison—the former US officials who covered up his atrocities are still free.
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Latin America: 7 ex-rulers remain jailed or on trial
Five former South American dictators are in prison for crimes committed under their regimes; Peru's Morales Bermúdez and Haiti's Jean-Claude Duvalier also face charges.
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Argentina: ex-dictator gets life in Operation Condor
A court in Argentina sentenced the country’s last military dictator Reynaldo Bignone to life in prison for crimes against humanity committed during his rule in 1982 and ’83.
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Cardinal Bergoglio and Argentina’s Dirty War
The election of Buenos Aires’ Cardinal Bergoglio as Pope Francis deepens growing concerns about the complicity of the Catholic Church in Argentina’s “Dirty War” of the 1970s.
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Chile: Pinochet was planning new coup in 1988
Declassified US documents show that Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was planning to carry out another coup if he lost a 1988 plebiscite on his military regime.
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Argentine court: church complicit in ‘dirty war’
A court in Argentina found that the country’s Catholic Church was complicit with crimes committed during the dictatorship’s “dirty war” on leftist dissidents in the 1970s.
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Chile: ex-officers to stand trial for Jara murder
Eight former military officers face trial for their alleged participation in the murder of renowned musician Víctor Jara in 1973; four of them are School of the Americas graduates.
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Argentina: first civilian sentenced for ‘dirty war’
A court sentenced 16 former officials to life in prison for crimes against humanity in the cases of 280 people detained during the “dirty war” against suspected leftists.
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Argentina: Ford Motor investigated for ‘dirty war’ torture
An Argentine judge has opened an investigation into possible involvement of the Ford Motor Co. in the kidnapping and torture of autoworkers during the 1976-1983 “dirty war.”