Pinochet

Uruguay’s FAMIDESA pays tribute to Victims of Chilean coup d’état

Published on: September 11, 2024
18:50

Montevideo, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared of Uruguay (FAMIDESA) paid homage on Wednesday to the victims of State-sponsored terrorism in the aftermath of the coup d'état in Chile 51 years ago, on a day like today.

Chileans march in honor to Pinochet’s victims

Published on: September 8, 2024
11:12

Santiago de Chile, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of Chileans are marching on Sunday to pay homage to the victims of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, on the 51st anniversary this September of the coup d'état against the Popular Unity Government of former President Salvador Allende.

Renowned human rights lawyer Eduardo Contreras dies in Chile

Published on: May 27, 2024
12:53

Santiago de Chile, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Renowned lawyer Eduardo Contreras, who filed the first lawsuit against dictator Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990), died in this capital, legislators from the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh) informed on Monday.

Chilean repressors convicted of child abduction and kidnapping

Published on: October 6, 2023
16:44

Santiago de Chile, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) The Court of Appeals of San Miguel capital city sentenced on Friday nine retired Chilean military officers for child abduction and aggravated kidnapping during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.

Book on Allende’s ties with Algeria launched in Chile (+Photos)

Published on: September 5, 2023
10:28

Santiago, Chile, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) The book “Chile y Argelia: una historia de mutua solidaridad” (Chile and Algeria: a history of mutual solidarity) was launched at the Summit for Democracy and Human Rights, which is taking place in the Recoleta district of this capital on Tuesday.

Chile launches Trees of Memory project to honor Pinochet’s victims

Published on: July 20, 2023
16:57

Santiago de Chile, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) On the 50th anniversary of the coup d'état, the Chilean Government on Thursday launched the Trees of Memory project in homage to the victims of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973-1990).

Chile´s USACH OKs new website to recall the coup against Allende

Published on: July 6, 2023
16:55

Santiago de Chile, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) The University of Santiago de Chile (USACH) on Thursday launched a new website for the 50th anniversary of the coup d'état that seeks to keep alive the memory of the horrors committed by the dictatorship.

Pinochet followers were found guilty of kidnapping

Published on: June 2, 2023
14:23

Santiago de Chile, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) Chile’s justice found guilty three agents of the extinct National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) of student Leopoldo Daniel Muñoz’s kidnapping in 1974, during the Pinochet dictatorship, the press on Friday unfolded here.

Neruda was assassinated with a biological weapon, nephew denounces

Published on: February 15, 2023
00:30

Santiago, Chile, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) Rodolfo Reyes, a lawyer and nephew of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, charged on Tuesday that the reports from two laboratories in Canada and Denmark confirm the assassination of the Nobel Prizewinner for Literature with a biological weapon.

Chilean film about Pinochet’s dictatorship premiered today

Published on: April 9, 2021
16:59

Santiago de Chile, Apr 9 (Prensa Latina) Chilean filmmaker Tatiana Gaviola premieres on Friday her most recent film production, 'Mirada Incendiada,' based on the known 'Los Quemados' case, which led to protests against the dictatorship in Chile and abroad.

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