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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...
...Taking advantage of the lifting of a state of emergency two weeks ago, thousands took to the streets in a thunderous protest of the vote. The army moved in with tear gas and water cannons. Three people were killed, and 21 wounded. The plebiscite is actually a referendum on Pinochet's rule. A si vote would keep him in power until 1997. A no would bring open elections next year...
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...
Chilean officials claim the measures were lifted because the government had succeeded in establishing order within the country. The more likely reason: politics. This week Chile's four military commanders will meet to nominate the country's sole presidential candidate, almost certain to be Pinochet, for a plebiscite planned for October...