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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).

Uruguay: 161 missing detainees remain to be found

Published on: September 10, 2024
10:18

Montevideo, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) The list of missing detainees to be found today in Uruguay includes 161 persons, out of a total of 197 victims of crimes committed by the dictatorship, it was revealed today.

Tribute is paid to Cubans murdered in Argentina during dictatorship

Published on: August 9, 2024
12:24

Buenos Aires, Aug 9 (Prensa Latina) Cuban workers and diplomats in Argentina are paying tribute on Friday to their compatriots, Jesus Cejas and Crescencio Galañena, who were murdered 48 years ago during the last civil-military dictatorship in this country (1976-1983).

Remains of missing people found in military property in Uruguay

Published on: July 31, 2024
02:00

Montevideo, Jul 31 (Prensa Latina) The search for people who were disappeared during the dictatorship in Uruguay resulted in the finding of human remains on Tuesday in an army property, where the bones of communist militant Amelia Sanjurjo appeared in June 2023. The skeleton was found in the 14th Infantry Battalion in Toledo, in Canelones department, where a torture center operated during the de facto regime that ruled in Uruguay from 1973 to 1985.

Renowned human rights lawyer Eduardo Contreras dies in Chile

Published on: May 27, 2024
12:53

Santiago de Chile, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Renowned lawyer Eduardo Contreras, who filed the first lawsuit against dictator Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990), died in this capital, legislators from the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh) informed on Monday.

Chilean group warns about maneuvers to free repressors

Published on: May 16, 2024
07:31

Santiago de Chile, May 16 (Prensa Latina) The Chilean Association of Relatives of Disappeared Detainees (AFDD) warned about the maneuvers of the right to release people over 75 years of age who are serving prison terms for human rights violations.

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