Chile's Lower House Tuesday passed a resolution striping late dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte from the title of “president” by 67 votes against 47 and 8 abstentions, it was reported in Santiago.

The project, officially known as Truth and Justice, will have a dedicated budget and staff, with investigators tasked with reconstructing the victims' final days. Chile's government launched a ...

Police in southern Chile have arrested a former secret service agent sentenced to jail for human rights abuses during the military government led by General Augusto Pinochet. Reimer Kohlitz was ...

A Chilean woman suspected of being involved in Pinochet-era kidnappings is eligible to be extradited from Australia, a court has ruled. Adriana Rivas, 67, was arrested in Sydney in February last year.

Pablo Larraín's latest Hollywood film, Maria, is out today. But his work in his native Chile is more worthy of attention.

This book tells the extraordinary story of the Pinochet regime's economists, known as the Chicago Boys. Following their training as economists at the University of Chicago, they took advantage of the ...

Why is Pinochet brought to court and not Kissinger? Why Hissène Habré and not the American and French leaders who supported him throughout his rule? Why are Guatemalan strongmen charged with ...

Mark Johanson If you're looking to learn more about General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, plan a visit to the Museum of Memory and Human Rights (Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos).