Explores genocide and persecution in Chile, including the history and controversies surrounding Pinochet's military coup and legacy, with personal narratives.
Historical background on Chile under Augusto Pinochet. An overview of Pinochet's military coup in Chile / Peter Kornbluh ; Augusto Pinochet: villain to some, hero to others / Tom Gjelten ; The United Nations drafts a resolution on human rights violations in Chile / United Nations ; A sampling of documented cases of torture in Chile / Amnesty International ; The CIA explains its actions in Chile / Central Intelligence Agency ; On his ninety-first birthday Pinochet takes "political responsibility" / Augusto Pinochet Controversies surrounding Chile under Augusto Pinochet. Pinochet's actions in Chile constitute "political genocide" / Maureen S. Hiebert and Pablo Policzer ; Doctors voluntarily participated in torture under the Pinochet regime / British Medical Association ; Pinochet's tactics were justified by the threat of totalitarianism in Latin America / George Reisman ; What Pinochet did for Chile / Robert A. Packenham and William Ratliff ; Pinochet was not responsible for the "Chilean miracle" / Heraldo Muñoz ; The Chilean government's attempts at reparations have been weak and ineffectual / Robert Bacic and Elizabeth Stanley Personal narratives. An American expatriate observes the coup from within / Marc Cooper ; A foreign worker held in the National Stadium concentration camp / João ; The systemic sexual torture of Chilean women / Róbinson Rojas Sandford ; The "disappearance" of Carlos Fariña Oyarce, age 13 / Amnesty International ; Personal account of life under General Pinochet / Tito Tricot