Trump is turning the US military into a political prop The military has been recast in a partisan, performative mold – all according to the president’s logic of impunity The Guardian - US · Nov 17, 2025
Witnessing the wrath of Richard Gott in Chile Letter: Neal Ascherson on one of the lowest points in British postwar diplomacy The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2025
Politicizing federal troops in US mirrors use of military in Latin America in the 1970s and ’80s In his second term as president, Donald Trump has deployed U.S. military forces in rarely used roles in domestic law enforcement. The Conversation · Sep 23, 2025
Charlie Kirk and the politics of rhetoric and division This article was first published in The Conversation UK’s World Affairs Briefing email newsletter. Sign up to receive weekly analysis of the latest developments in international relations, direct to your inbox. The Conversation · Sep 11, 2025
The Scottish arts centre showing freedom films amid right-wing rise A CELEBRATED film about Scottish workers who refused to work on Chilean plane parts due to the atrocities committed by the Pinochet dictatorship… The National (Scotland) · Sep 6, 2025
‘I was censored for a long time’: the woman who photographed Chile’s sex workers and dissidents From brothels to boxing rings, Paz Errázuriz’s tender images always challenged the Pinochet dictatorship. Now 81 years old – and ahead of a UK show – the spiky-haired artist recounts a career spent on the fringes The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2025
Tuesday briefing: What Trump’s response to the LA protests could mean for US democracy In today’s newsletter: A lauded human rights lawyer on the anti-immigration protests in Los Angeles – and just what is at stake The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025
Getting away with it … sort of. How a dictator and a fugitive Nazi advanced international human rights law Pinochet and Rauff? They were alike. Each had two faces. One gentle, the other hard. They were joined. The Conversation · Jun 4, 2025
The Battle By Chile Torture Site Dwellers To Remain With its pristine swimming pool, manicured lawns and lush forest backdrop, Villa Baviera, a German-themed settlement of 122 souls in southern Chile, looks like the perfect holiday getaway. International Business Times · May 19, 2025
38 Londres Street by Philippe Sands review – Pinochet and the Nazis A human rights lawyer skilfully gathers the threads that link the former Chilean dictator to a fugitive SS officer The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2025
‘The law is another form of storytelling’: Philippe Sands in conversation with Juan Gabriel Vásquez When Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London in 1998, lawyer Philippe Sands was part of the prosecution. As his book about the case comes out, he talks to the Colombian novelist about literature and justice The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2025
38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia by Philippe Sands review – war crimes revisited In the final part of a bravura trilogy detailing the struggle to bring war criminals to account, Sands tracks a former SS commander to Chile, where he found a friend in Augusto Pinochet The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2025
Wendy Tyndale obituary Other lives: Campaigner for human rights in Latin America who explored the role of religion in development The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2025
Court loss for accused Pinochet agent over extradition A Chilean woman who later worked as a Bondi nanny is fighting extradition back to her homeland to face historical allegations of kidnapping and torture. AAP · Feb 21, 2025
The Conversation · Feb 11, 2025 Latin America is moving fast to protect democracy from excesses of big tech Bosses of tech giants Meta, Google and X had front row seats at Donald Trump’s recent presidential inauguration. This special treatment highlighted the increasingly cosy relationship between leaders of technology companies and the White House.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2025 The Rest is History co-host writing Margaret Thatcher opera Dominic Sandbrook working with composer Joseph Phibbs on project that will explore Thatcher’s time as PM
The Conversation · Nov 25, 2024 Many of Israel’s Western supporters indicate they would arrest Netanyahu. Will Australia and NZ follow suit? Ever since the October 7 2023 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, the Albanese government has consistently said Australia respects Israel’s right to defend itself, but how it does so matters.
The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2024 Eva Vergara, longtime AP Chile correspondent, dies at 68 Former AP correspondent in Chile, Eva Vergara, who covered stories including the first protests against the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and revealed key information about abuses by members of the Catholic Church, died on Tuesday
Salon · Sep 7, 2024 The MAGA right actually hates America Why do conservatives wrap themselves in the flag so desperately? Maybe because their ideas are un-American
The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2024 Maduro intent on third term as 1,600 perceived opponents languish in cells Nearly a month after the Venezuelan president’s roundup many expect him to ride out the threats to his 11-year rule
The Guardian - US · Aug 15, 2024 ‘Walls are where we communicate’: how murals paint Chile’s politics Alejandro ‘Mono’ González has used walls as his political voice for six decades in Chile, a ‘nation of muralists’
The Conversation · Jul 25, 2024 Trump’s promotion of an image of strength after assassination attempt borrows from authoritarian playbook In the days since the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, supporters of the former president have used the incident to project an image of power.
The Guardian - US · Jul 14, 2024 Chile’s stolen children: a new effort offers hope to Pinochet-era international adoptees Thousands of children were adopted abroad during the Pinochet dictatorship – many in murky circumstances
The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2024 Stolen at birth, an adoptee sues Chile over thousands of similar dictatorship-era crimes A Chilean-American raised in the United States has filed a criminal complaint against the state of Chile alleging that it engaged in a systematic plan to steal thousands of babies from perceived enemies of the state in the 1970s and 1980s
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