Word: pinochets
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Chilean tourism is still affected by the image of the 1973-90 Pinochet dictatorship. But as part of the push to trumpet its newer, higher-quality winemaking, Chile is turning to wine tourism as a means of selling a brighter national identity. Colchagua now has a Ruta del Vino (Wine Route), with train service, tastings on decks built high into vineyard hills, horseback excursions and rodeos performed by huasos (cowboys). Four-star Spanish-colonial-style hotels like the Santa Cruz Plaza are sprouting up, and festivals like the Vendimia (grape harvest) are drawing new crowds of foreigners. At the bottom...
Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon, famous for indicting former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, spoke to a crowd of 150 at Harvard Law School last night, asking for greater international cooperation in combating terrorism...
These documents are the basis of his new book, The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability , which details the tumultuous history of Chile from 1970 to 1990—and the part that the U.S. government played...
Kornbluh’s new book also testifies to the horrible human rights violations committed under Pinochet revealed in declassified documents he got through the National Security Archives...
...speech, Kornbluh specifically mentioned numerous executions and terrorist acts committed by Pinochet, including a car bombing in Washington D.C. that killed a Chilean diplomat...