Augusto Pinochet, the former military dictator of Chile who was revered by supporters for leaving behind the most stable country in Latin America but reviled by critics who say he ruled with a ...

General Augusto Pinochet, who ruled Chile as a dictator for 17 years, is dead. He led the military coup that overthrew Chile's elected socialist president, Salvador Allende, in 1973. He was ruthless ...

Gen. Augusto Pinochet, whose 17-year dictatorship carried out thousands of political killings, widespread torture and illegal jailings, clung to life in a Chilean hospital Sunday after suffering a ...

Ariel Dorfman is the author of "Exorcising Terror" and "Burning City." WHEN GEN. Augusto Pinochet breathed his last on Dec. 10, this much seemed clear to everybody in Chile: The man who had lived his ...

Gen. Augusto Pinochet, who terrorized his opponents for 17 years after taking power in a bloody coup, died Sunday, putting an end to a decade of intensifying efforts to bring him to trial for human ...

Philippe Sands, one of the world’s pre-eminent human rights attorneys, grew up in the shadow of bleak times. He worries that history is taking an unfortunate detour. By Michael Steinberger Chile’s new ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Gen. Augusto Pinochet, who terrorized his opponents for 17 years after taking power in a bloody coup, died Sunday, putting an end to a decade of intensifying efforts to bring him to ...

Nearly 30 years before the 2001 terror attacks on the United States, Sept. 11 was most known for another history-altering event that led to the violent deaths and ...

GWEN IFILL: Yesterday, a Chilean judge indicted former dictator Augusto Pinochet on charges including kidnapping and murder. For the past year, NewsHour correspondent Elizabeth Farnsworth has been ...

The problems of democracy must be addressed through more democracy, President Boric said at the La Moneda presidential palace, which was bombed by warplanes at the start of the coup half a century ago ...