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...government has tried to avoid a fight with the Roman Catholic Church, to which 84% of Chileans belong. Last April, Pinochet privately assured Raul Cardinal Silva Henriquez, the Archbish op of Santiago, that "things would improve." A conference of the country's bishops agreed to say nothing about the torture of political dissidents. Things seemed to improve somewhat. Political arrests in Santiago decreased from 100 in March to 80 in April. But by August, the monthly arrest figure was up to 141; by September, it stood at 205. The bishops were particularly disturbed by the mounting evidence that Pinochet...
...priests were members of the Committee for Peace, an autonomous, church-supported group dedicated to helping political prisoners. Angered, Pinochet asked Cardinal Silva to close down the committee. After the cardinal reluctantly agreed, the government announced an amnesty for political prisoners-which, as it turned out, applied only to those neither convicted nor charged. With at least five of its members still under arrest and with...
...Lisbon's television station, began broadcasting anti-government propaganda. The rebels then waited for President Francisco da Costa Gomes, known to some of his detractors as "the Portuguese marshmal-low," to give in to their demands, which included the ouster of Air Force Chief José Morais da Silva...
...sponsored the remarkable Committee on Cooperation for Peace, which sought information about political prisoners, gave them and their families what legal help it could, tried to find jobs for released prisoners, and arranged some departures from the country. The committee operated under the patronage and protection of Raul Cardinal Silva Henriquez, the Archbishop of Santiago, who maintains a brisk and good-humored air despite the travails of his flock and his own delicate position. It seemed something of a miracle the committee could function at all, and Pinochet has asked the cardinal to disband it, alleging that it served Communist...
Most of the refugees were Portuguese dirt farmers who went to Africa looking for a better life than the miserable existence offered by the rocky slopes of northern Portugal. Few got rich. About 10% are black or of mixed blood. Last week Maria da Silva Caldeira, 48, a widow who had been a washerwoman in Angola, sat disconsolately in a hangar surrounded by her ten children. "I did not have an easy time in Angola, but this is worse," she said. "They have spoiled our lives...