More than 280 people were arrested in Chile during demonstrations commemorating victims of Augusto Pinochet's military ...

The streets of Santiago were slick from fire-hose spray, and the acrid scent of tear gas lingered in the crisp air. It was the autumn of 1985, and the tempo of protest against Chile's military ...

Chile’s president was in Washington over the weekend to mark a grim anniversary as some in Congress are still asking questions about the U.S. role in the 1973 coup. Every diaspora has its martyrs. For ...

Explore the September 11, 1973 coup in Chile that ended democracy and initiated Pinochet's brutal dictatorship, transforming ...

Chile’s president-elect José Antonio Kast announced the list of 25 ministers that will be part of his cabinet after he takes office on March 11. Among them are two attorneys who represented deceased ...

Chile has elected its most Right-wing president since the Pinochet dictatorship fell, with the conservative Jose Antonio Kast defeating his communist rival. Mr Kast won 58.2 per cent of the vote in a ...

Police in Chile arrested a former army chief Thursday on charges of torturing 24 people in 1973, shortly after the coup that brought dictator Augusto Pinochet to power, officials said. Retired general ...

“Dare to look” is the challenge extended to visitors at a new exhibition of pictures by self-taught documentary photographer Paz Errázuriz, who made it her life’s work to chart the day-to-day ...

JACOBINS AND JACKBOOTS Chilean Army Gen. Augusto Pinochet (left) and then Chilean President Salvador Allende before the coup that began Pinochet's 17-year-long dictatorship. COMMENTARY The vote to ...

SANTIAGO, Chile - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was placed under house arrest today after the country's top court ruled Tuesday that murder and kidnapping charges against him can move ...

The arrests took place at unofficial demonstrations, as this year was the first since the end of Augusto Pinochet’s military ...