Word: augusto
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SANTIAGO, Chile--Gen. Augusto Pinochet's government conceded defeat yesterday in a vote he hoped would ensure his presidency until 1997, clearing the way for the first open elections since he seized power in a bloody 1973 coup...
...President Eric Arturo Delvalle discovered otherwise last February when he tried to fire General Manuel Noriega and found himself ousted instead. Next month Chileans will have an opportunity to vote in a national plebiscite for or against a continuation of the 15-year-old authoritarian regime of General Augusto Pinochet. A no vote could mark the beginning of a return to political democracy for Chile, but many Chileans fear that it would not be honored by General Pinochet or other senior military officials...
Gonzalez, a writer for the magazine "Analisis," was imprisoned after interviewing opposition leader Andres Zaldivar. Charged with defaming the state, she served about half of a 60-day jail sentence. She interviewed her fellow inmates and later published their stories. Afterwards, General Augusto Pinochet himself condemned her again...
...nominating process was dubbed Super Tuesday, but any resemblance between the meeting at the Ministry of Defense in Santiago last week and the U.S. primaries was in name only. In less than an hour, a handful of top military men had named President Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, Chile's ruler of 15 years, as the only candidate in an Oct. 5 plebiscite. Pinochet appeared on the balcony of the presidential palace and urged citizens to keep Chile "sovereign and free...
Ever since General Augusto Pinochet seized power in a coup in 1973, Chileans have lived under emergency law. Late last week they were given a respite when the military government announced a lifting of security measures that would, at least temporarily, curtail the government's extraordinary powers to limit public gatherings, restrict the press, arrest and hold persons with no judicial authorization and exile persons deemed dangerous to security. "It's better late than never," said Alejandro Hales, president of the Chilean Lawyers Association...