dictatorship

Trial for repressors of the dictatorship in Uruguay

Published on: November 3, 2025
10:26

Montevideo, Nov 3 (Prensa Latina) Nine retired Uruguayan military officers, accused of crimes against humanity, will go on trial starting today in Fray Bentos, capital of the Río Negro department, northwest of Montevideo.

Pilgrimage in Chile will pay tribute to victims of the coup d’état

Published on: September 7, 2025
11:24

Santiago de Chile, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) With a pilgrimage to the General Cemetery of Santiago, Chileans will remember today the victims of the 1973 coup d'état, an event that plunged the country into one of the darkest periods of its history.

Former Uruguayan Navy Chief under investigation for torture

Published on: June 3, 2025
07:42

Montevideo, June 3 (Prensa Latina) Former Commander-in-Chief of the Uruguayan Navy, Tabaré Daners, is under house arrest while being investigated in a case involving torture committed during the dictatorship at the clandestine detention center of the Naval Rifle Corps (FUSNA), between 1977 and 1978.

Europe’s imposition of EU agenda compared to dictatorship

Published on: May 14, 2025
11:03

Berlin, May 14 (Prensa Latina) Berlin, May 14 (Prensa Latina) – Harald Vilimsky, leader of the opposition faction of the Austrian Freedom Party in the European Parliament, likened the European Commission’s enforcement of its sanctions agenda to "dictatorship."

Expectations for search of missing people at Navy headquarters

Published on: April 26, 2025
10:35

Montevideo, Apr 26 (Prensa Latina) The headquarters of the Uruguayan Navy is today in the spotlight due to "credible" information about burials of detainees who disappeared during the dictatorship.

Compensation ordered for former Chilean trade unionist tortured

Published on: February 17, 2025
14:31

Santiago de Chile, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) The sixth civil court of Santiago ordered the Chilean State to compensate former trade union leader Leoncio Flandez, arrested and tortured on several occasions during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990).

Argentine organizations denounce actions against historical memory

Published on: January 6, 2025
07:47

Buenos Aires, Jan. 6 (Prensa Latina): The Argentine Branch of the American Association of Jurists denounced the absence of two plaques in the Supreme Court commemorating the Trial of the Military Juntas and warned about actions against historical memory.

Torturers from the dictatorship sent to prison in Uruguay

Published on: December 25, 2024
10:32

Montevideo, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan court ordered the prosecution of three retired military officers accused of torturing 39 teenagers in April 1975, during the dictatorship that reigned here, it was announced.

Chilean court sentenced repressors for crimes against humanity

Published on: October 4, 2024
08:10

Santiago de Chile, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) The Supreme Court of Chile convicted another five former agents of the dictatorship (1973-1990) guilty of murdering two militants of the Revolutionary Left Movement in 1989.

Argentines remember 48th anniversary of the Night of the Pencils

Published on: September 16, 2024
07:33

Buenos Aires, Sep 16 (Prensa Latina) Young people and members of social, union and political organizations will march in several cities in Argentina today in remembrance of the victims of the Night of the Pencils, during the last civil-military dictatorship in the country (1976-1983).

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