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NEWS ABOUT: Augusto Pinochet

Augusto Pinochet stories: 6 news summaries

 Worst-Dressed 
 World Leaders 

Time lampoons the decadent, inept or just plain weird fashion decisions of the powerful

Aug 12, 09 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not all world leaders are world fashion leaders. Time pokes fun at the most inept:
  1. Kim Jong-Il. He mainly wears khaki suits that call attention to his paunch and “Kanye West-sized” sunglasses.
  2. Vladimir Putin. Not a bad dresser—when he wears clothes. Unfortunately, he's often snapped shirtless
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fashion • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Vladimir Putin • Fidel Castro • Augusto Pinochet • Kim Jong Il

Spanish Judge to Investigate Torture at Gitmo

Declassified memos show there were abuses, Garzon says

Apr 29, 09 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Spanish judge has launched a probe into allegations of torture at the American prison at Guantanamo Bay, AFP reports. Baltasar Garzon initiated the investigation after reading statements by Spanish citizen Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed and three other prisoners about their treatment there. Garzon also said that the memos recently declassified... More »

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Bush administration • torture • terrorism • Spain • Guantanamo Bay • Augusto Pinochet • Auguste Pinochet • legal action • Baltasar Garzon

Madonna 'Offends God,' Says Cardinal at Dictator Mass

Cardinal condemns Material Girl for provoking 'lustful enthusiasm'

Dec 11, 08 3:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Madonna's stage performance is a "stain" on humanity and an "offense to God," declared a controversial Chilean cardinal who enjoyed close ties to the late military dictator General Augusto Pinochet. Cardinal Jorge Medina condemned Madonna from the pulpit during a mass for Pinochet, Reuters reports. The singer... More »

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Chile • Augusto Pinochet • Santiago • Madonna • Hard Candy • Cardinal Jorge Medina

Teens' Public Orgies Rattle Chilean Mores

Sexcapades reflect consumer-driven, apolitical youth culture

Mar 20, 08 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Can 100 teenagers performing oral sex on one another in a public park not be a political statement? That's one of the questions the sight of horny, apolitical, bisexual Chilean teenagers are prompting among their appalled, mostly Catholic compatriots, Newsweek reports from a country still haunted by General Pinochet's repressive... More »

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Latin America • Chile • homosexuality • sexuality • Catholicism • sexual behavior • Augusto Pinochet • consumerism • bisexual • heterosexual • teenager • Pokemones • ponceo

Warrants Served for Pinochet Family, Staff

Indicted helped Chilean dictator to launder $27M into US accounts

Oct 4, 07 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Arrest warrants for embezzlement were issued today in Chile for associates of former dictator Augusto Pinochet, including his widow and five children, the BBC reports. The warrants allege that the accused helped Pinochet hide $27 million of state money in US bank accounts. The former dictator died in 2006 while... More »

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human rights • Chile • Augusto Pinochet • Michelle Bachelet

Bloody Riots Rock Santiago

Thousands battle riot police in Chile capital

Aug 30, 07 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Riots erupted in Santiago, Chile, yesterday in what the Guardian calls a "middle class revolt" against the government of president Michele Bachelet. Burning barricades brought the capital almost to a standstill, riot troops used water cannon and tear gas, and protesters hurled stones. Protesters' demands include greater wage equality... More »

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Chile • strike • riots • Arturo Martinez • Augusto Pinochet • Santiago • Michelle Bachelet

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