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Joan Jara, British dancer and Victor Jara’s widow, dies aged 96

The human rights activist died two weeks before her husband’s killer is due for extradition from US to Chile

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Australia risks becoming safe haven for war criminals

Australia must create special crime units to bring justice to war criminals exploiting loopholes to start new lives without accountability, a new report says.

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Patricio Guzmán: fierce filmmaker who chronicled 50 years of Chile's history after Pinochet coup

This week marks half a century since the beginning of Augusto Pinochet’s brutal 17-year dictatorship – a dark and devastating period of Chile’s history that continues to leave scars on the South American country.

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Chile president gives staunch defence of democracy, 50 years after Pinochet coup

Gabriel Boric makes speech outside palace where Salvador Allende was overthrown in 1973, ushering in brutal military dictatorship

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The Guardian view on the other 9/11: Pinochet’s dictatorship casts a lengthening shadow

Editorial: Washington should come clean about its role in the 1973 Chilean coup d’état, as it is seen as part of attempts to destabilise leftwing governments in Latin America

The Guardian - UK

‘A fascist tried to electrocute us on stage’: the musicians who took on the Chilean junta

Under Pinochet, artistic expression in Chile was its own form of resistance. Fifty years on from the coup, performers are keeping the flame of protest alight

The Guardian - UK

‘It became an obsession’: the long search for the remains of Pinochet’s victims

As Chile marks 50 years since the coup, women who have scoured the desert for remains of their husbands fear the brutality of the death squads will be forgotten

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How disappearance became a global weapon of psychological control, 50 years on from Chile's US-backed coup

For the few remaining women of Calama in Chile’s Atacama desert, September 11 holds a terrifying meaning. They understand the pain of watching forensic investigators meticulously scour through particles of dust, seeking to retrieve the tiniest fragments of lives brutally taken from the world. They know what it means to…

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The U.S. set the stage for a coup in Chile. It had unintended consequences at home

When the U.S. role in the 1973 coup in Chile became known, activists took action. So did U.S. lawmakers. This is what happened after the U.S. helped topple a Marxist and aided a right-wing dictator.

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Five decades on, Chile still grapples with legacy of Pinochet dictatorship

It has been 50 years since Chile's military junta came to power. On September 11, 1973, the army headed by General Augusto Pinochet launched a coup with the US' covert backing. Soldiers took over the presidential palace, ousting leftist President Salvador Allende, who committed suicide. Pinochet then stayed in power…

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AP Week in Pictures: Global | Sept. 1-7 2023

Ukrainian soldiers suffer serious wounds during the ongoing counter-offensive against Russia. Chile remembers the 50th anniversary of the coup where President Salvador Allende was killed, and Gen. Augusto Pinochet was brought to power. And German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wears an eye patch after a jogging accident. This photo gallery highlights…

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The Catholic Church defended human rights during Chile’s dictatorship. An archive tells the story

The archive of the Vicariate of Solidarity gives an account of a painful episode in Chile’s history: 47,000 instances of human rights violations during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, who took power after a military coup that deposed President Salvador Allende 50 years ago

The Independent UK

Fifty years after Chile’s coup, the search for truth continues

As 1973 coup still reverberates, a man is pushing for full history of US role in Augusto Pinochet’s rise and fall.

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AP PHOTOS: 50 years ago, Chile's army ousted a president and everything changed

Fifty years ago, Chile began the darkest period in its modern history.

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A half-century after Gen. Augusto Pinochet's coup, some in Chile remember the dictatorship fondly

The world remembers Gen. Augusto Pinochet as the dictator whose regime tortured, killed and disappeared 3,065 people in the name of fighting communism

The Guardian - UK

Fifty years on: the lasting tragedy of Chile’s coup

The brutality with which an elected government was deposed inspired military takeovers across Latin America – but also galvanised the human rights movement and spotlighted the dark activities of the CIA

The Guardian - UK

The big picture: an image that defined Chile’s brutal 1973 coup

Koen Wessing, a young Dutch photographer, flew to Santiago 50 years ago and showed the world what General Pinochet’s rule would mean for the country

The Guardian - US

AOC urges US to apologize for meddling in Latin America: ‘We’re here to reset relationships’

Democratic congresswoman calls for acknowledgment of past intrusion in effort to restore trust in US leadership in the region

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US state department declassifies more documents about Pinochet’s 1973 coup

Papers reveal how Richard Nixon was briefed on impending military takeover in Chile that ushered in 17-year dictatorship

The Guardian - UK

The 1973 coup against democratic socialism in Chile still matters – there, in Britain and beyond

It happened 50 years ago, changed the course of world history – and revealed just how authoritarian conservatives are, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

The Conversation

From Oppenheimer to Milton Friedman: how the Cold War battle of economic ideas shaped our world

Is Oppenheimer a movie for our time, reminding us of the tensions, dangers and conflicts of the old Cold War while a new one threatens to break out?

The Guardian - US

Files reveal Nixon role in plot to block Allende from Chilean presidency

President hosted rightwing mogul Agustín Edwards in September 1970 and discussed plans to foil socialist election-winner

Reason

The Chicago Boys' Deal With the Devil

The Chile Project surveys neoliberalism's most polarizing experiment.

The Guardian - US

How an eccentric English tech guru helped guide Allende’s socialist Chile

Stafford Beer pioneered ‘cybernetic management principles’ but Pinochet’s coup saw technology turned to nefarious ends

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Book Review: Isabel Allende's 'The Wind Knows My Name' explores lives of 2 children adrift alone

Prolific Latin American-born author Isabel Allende skillfully braids the traumatic stories of two young children separated from each other by decades and thousands of miles in her latest novel, “The Wind Knows My Name.”

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