The charges relate to the torture of political prisoners such as Father Woodward on board the Chilean navy's iconic flagship, the Esmeralda, after the 1973 military coup. Father Woodward's ...

Two years after the meeting in Washington the Chilean military under the command of General Augusto Pinochet overthrew Allende in a bloody coup in September 11, 1973. The military regime lasted ...

1963-1973” which shows in grim detail how the CIA, the White House, the Pentagon and multinational companies colluded with the Chilean right to set up, finance and support opposition media, far-right ...

He then led the armed forces that successfully struck against Allende on September 11, 1973. Almost assuredly, the Chilean general and his allies would have undertaken the coup even without the ...

Chile has reopened a long-running investigation ... Neruda planned to go into exile in Mexico after the US-backed coup of 1973, as a strong voice of opposition – but one day before his departure ...

A Chilean court has convicted the former army commander-in-chief of complicity in the deaths of 15 people following the 1973 military coup. General Juan Emilio Cheyre was sentenced to three years ...

A judge in Chile has found eight retired soldiers guilty of the 1973 murder of popular folk singer ... Victor Jara was arrested the day after the military coup led by Gen Augusto Pinochet and ...

This sixth verse of the Chilean National Anthem was rarely sung under the elected governments that preceded the 1973 military coup, but was revived during the military government when schools were ...