Twilight of the General: Chile After the Arrest of Pinochet

Twilight of the General: Chile After the Arrest of Pinochet

When General Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London last October at the behest of the tenacious Spanish judge, Baltasar Garzón, ...
Declassifying U.S. Intervention in Chile

Declassifying U.S. Intervention in Chile

"In the United States, as you know, we are sympathetic with what you are trying to do here," then Secretary ...
The Arrest and its Aftermath

The Arrest and its Aftermath

Almost every year, Augusto Pinochet feels an overwhelming compulsion to visit London. The symptoms include the craving to have tea ...
Cross-Border Terrorism: Operation Condor

Cross-Border Terrorism: Operation Condor

Baltasar Garzón, the Spanish judge who requested the arrest of Pinochet while he was visiting a London clinic, is spearheading ...
Document: UN Guatemala Recommendations

Document: UN Guatemala Recommendations

On February 25, the UN Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH) published its final report. The CEH, cre- ated by the ...
Book Review Essay: The Guatemalan Military Project: A Violence Called Democracy

Book Review Essay: The Guatemalan Military Project: A Violence Called Democracy

How inexorably antidemocratic is the Guatemalan army? This is the question anthropologist Jennifer Schirmer asks in her new book, summarizing ...
Mexico's Secret War

Mexico’s Secret War

In considering the current status of the conflict in southeastern Mexico, four fundamental realities must be kept in mind. First, ...
Voting For Nobody in Chile's New Democracy

Voting For Nobody in Chile’s New Democracy

In December 1997, parliamentary elections were held in Chile to renew the entire Chamber of Deputies and half the elected ...