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STRIPPED. AUGUSTO PINOCHET, 88, Chilean President from 1973 to 1990; of immunity from prosecution, in a 9-8 vote by Chile's Supreme Court; in Santiago. The decision opens the way for a possible trial on charges of human-rights abuses for Pinochet's crackdown on dissidents in the 1970s and '80s in which at least 19 Chileans are believed to have died...
...STRIPPED. AUGUSTO PINOCHET, 88, Chilean President from 1973 to 1990; of immunity from prosecution in a 9-8 vote by the nation's Supreme Court; in Santiago. The decision paves the way for a possible indictment on charges of human-rights abuses for a crackdown on dissidents in the 1970s and '80s in which at least 19 Chileans are believed to have died. The general's lawyers have argued that he is physically and mentally unfit to stand trial...
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...
...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...