Pinochet

Investigations in Chile to find those missing during Pinochet period

Published on: October 16, 2025
09:30

Santiago, Chile, Oct 16 (Prensa Latina) Judge Marianela Cifuentes, who oversees human rights violations, is currently leading investigations in Chile as part of the National Plan to Search for Detainees disappeared during the dictatorship (1973-1990).

Chile remembers victims of the coup

Published on: September 13, 2025
09:01

Santiago de Chile, Sep 13 (Prensa Latina) With marches and acts in different sites of memory, Chileans paid tribute to the victims of the dictatorship, on the 52nd anniversary of the coup d'etat against the Popular Unity government.

Uruguay’s FAMIDESA pays tribute to Victims of Chilean coup d’état

Published on: September 11, 2024
18:50

Montevideo, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared of Uruguay (FAMIDESA) paid homage on Wednesday to the victims of State-sponsored terrorism in the aftermath of the coup d'état in Chile 51 years ago, on a day like today.

Chileans march in honor to Pinochet’s victims

Published on: September 8, 2024
11:12

Santiago de Chile, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of Chileans are marching on Sunday to pay homage to the victims of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, on the 51st anniversary this September of the coup d'état against the Popular Unity Government of former President Salvador Allende.

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 repressors convicted of child abduction and kidnapping

Published on: October 6, 2023
16:44

Santiago de Chile, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) The Court of Appeals of San Miguel capital city sentenced on Friday nine retired Chilean military officers for child abduction and aggravated kidnapping during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.

Book on Allende’s ties with Algeria launched in Chile (+Photos)

Published on: September 5, 2023
10:28

Santiago, Chile, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) The book “Chile y Argelia: una historia de mutua solidaridad” (Chile and Algeria: a history of mutual solidarity) was launched at the Summit for Democracy and Human Rights, which is taking place in the Recoleta district of this capital on Tuesday.

Chile launches Trees of Memory project to honor Pinochet’s victims

Published on: July 20, 2023
16:57

Santiago de Chile, Jul 20 (Prensa Latina) On the 50th anniversary of the coup d'état, the Chilean Government on Thursday launched the Trees of Memory project in homage to the victims of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973-1990).

Chile´s USACH OKs new website to recall the coup against Allende

Published on: July 6, 2023
16:55

Santiago de Chile, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) The University of Santiago de Chile (USACH) on Thursday launched a new website for the 50th anniversary of the coup d'état that seeks to keep alive the memory of the horrors committed by the dictatorship.

Pinochet followers were found guilty of kidnapping

Published on: June 2, 2023
14:23

Santiago de Chile, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) Chile’s justice found guilty three agents of the extinct National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) of student Leopoldo Daniel Muñoz’s kidnapping in 1974, during the Pinochet dictatorship, the press on Friday unfolded here.

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