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El Conde review: Brilliant Netflix film reimagines Pinochet as a literal vampire

The Chilean director Pablo Larraín follows up his English-language tales of haunted women – ‘Jackie’ and ‘Spencer’ – with this surreal alternate history horror

The Independent UK

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.

The Conversation

Venice Film Festival’s big winners: from Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things to Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border

We look at the hits and misses of La Serenissima’s film festival this year

Evening Standard

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Spain strips deceased former Chilean President Pinochet of a Spanish military honor

Spain is stripping deceased former Chilean leader Gen. Augusto Pinochet of a Spanish military honor bestowed on him more than 40 years ago by the country’s former dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco

The Independent UK

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

Chile marks 50 years since the coup that ushered in a brutal military dictatorship

Chile on Monday was commemorating the 50th anniversary of the coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet

The Independent UK

The US can rebuild trust abroad – by declassifying incriminating intelligence

We just returned from a delegation to Brazil, Chile and Colombia. Each country is still seeking answers about the history of US intervention

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‘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

The Guardian - UK

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…

The Conversation

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.

WEKU

Child victims are the forgotten voices of Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship from 1973 to 1990

When Augusto Pinochet installed himself as Chile's dictator in 1973, the age of majority was set at 21 years

The Independent UK

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…

France 24

El Conde to Captain Phillips: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Feted Chilean director Pablo Larraín re-imagines Pinochet as a vampire in a witty new comedy, and Tom Hanks stars in a wonderfully tense pirate thriller

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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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Director Pablo Larraín: ‘Chile is my world. How can I not be allowed to talk about the things that happened to us?’

Augusto Pinochet returns as a bloodsucking vampire – together with Margaret Thatcher – in El Conde, the Chilean director’s black comedy horror. He talks about his fascination with the dictator and why, despite his family ties, he feels empowered to keep telling stories about his country

The Independent UK

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

Movie Review: Pinochet as a vampire in surreal, frightening ‘El Conde’

The Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is not dead in Pablo Larraín’s “El Conde.”

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Al Jazeera

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.

The Independent UK

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.

The Independent UK

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 - 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

The Guardian - UK

Venice film festival roundup – Adam Driver’s Ferrari roars in to soup up a subpar opening week

A ponderous Italian wartime drama and Pablo Larraín’s one-joke General Pinochet satire threatened to sink the actors’ strike-hit 80th Venice film festival – until Michael Mann’s racing thriller hit the gas

WEKU

Chile will search for 1,000+ victims of forced disappearance by Pinochet dictatorship

It is the first time the Chilean government will lead the search for victims, something which victims' relatives and advocates have long carried out themselves and have sought help from the army.

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