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. AAP · Sep 28, 2023
How Chile’s stolen children are finding their way home Thousands of overseas adoptions during the Pinochet dictatorship have come under scrutiny amid quest for justice. Al Jazeera · Sep 20, 2023
Netflix Just Released the Weirdest Vampire Movie of the Decade What if one of the most infamous dictators of the 20th century was actually a vampire? Pablo Larraín's perverse horror film plays out this surreal scenario. Inverse · Sep 15, 2023
TV tonight: the fascinating story about Coco Chanel’s mysterious life Old friends and insiders lift the lid on the founder of the Chanel fashion house. Plus: Oz’s top drag queens fight for a crown. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2023
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 · Sep 14, 2023
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 · Sep 13, 2023
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 · Sep 12, 2023
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 · Sep 12, 2023
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 · Sep 11, 2023
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 · Sep 11, 2023
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 The Guardian - US · Sep 11, 2023
‘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 · Sep 11, 2023
‘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 · Sep 11, 2023
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 · Sep 10, 2023
WEKU · Sep 10, 2023 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.
The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023 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
France 24 · Sep 8, 2023 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…
The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2023 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
The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023 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…
The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2023 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 · Sep 7, 2023 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 · Sep 6, 2023 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.”
Al Jazeera · Sep 6, 2023 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 · Sep 6, 2023 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 · Sep 5, 2023 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