The Pinochet Precedent: Changing the Equation of Repression
The October arrest of General Augusto Pinochet in Britain for having ordered thousands of murders and disappearances in Chile is ...
Time for a U.S. Truth Commission
This past February, the UN Commission for Historical Clarification published an extensive report on human rights violations committed during the ...
Rigoberta’s Testimonio
Two recent news items on Guatemala have made headlines in North American papers. One is the publication of the report ...
Militarizing U.S. Internal Security
WASHINGTON, D.C.In a January 1999 interview that drew little public attention, President Clinton stated that, as part of a major ...
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
"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
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
Baltasar Garzón, the Spanish judge who requested the arrest of Pinochet while he was visiting a London clinic, is spearheading ...
