It is 50 years since General Pinochet seized power in Chile, ushering in more than 16 years of military dictatorship. The Week takes a look at the events of the coup and Pinochet's long-lasting legacy ...

Pinochet and his generals. Detail from the cover of 38 Londres Street. Early in the afternoon of March 24, 1999, my wife, ...

SANTIAGO, CHILE — They came not to bury the ex-despot but to praise him. “El general saved us from communism,” said Maria Elena Tiznado, one of thousands of Chileans who stood in line for hours ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — A judge yesterday ordered Augusto Pinochet placed under house arrest after finding the former dictator mentally competent to stand trial for human-rights violations allegedly ...

The worst terrorist attack ever in Washington, D.C., may have been ordered by one of Washington’s closest allies. And that’s just one of the more startling revelations in the latest collection of ...

On November 21, 1973, Chile kicked off the second leg of their play-off against the Soviet Union (USSR) for a place at the 1974 World Cup finals after a 0-0 draw in Moscow on September 26. Nine passes ...

Chile's former military ruler, General Augusto Pinochet, has said he accepts political responsibility for all the acts committed by the armed forces during his 17-year rule. The general made his ...

The day before General Augusto Pinochet overthrew the democratically elected socialist government of Salvador Allende, on September 11, 1973, Jaime Guzmán, a twenty-seven-year-old law professor at the ...

The Rotterdam housing project for retired RDM employees looks like a late 19th century impressionist painting. Located near the world's largest shipyards, the Heyplaat district is a peaceful place: ...

Last week, a twenty-seven-year-old murder mystery was solved, grabbing headlines around the world. Former Chilean President Eduardo Frei died under mysterious circumstances in 1982, at the age of 71, ...

On Sunday, Rodrigo Garcia Pinochet arrived at a polling station in an upscale neighborhood of Santiago to vote in Chile’s general elections. Rodrigo Pinochet is thirty-three, so he was not yet born in ...