President Augusto Pinochet announced Monday that security agents have found a Soviet-supplied guerrilla arsenal with enough explosives "to blow away half of Santiago."
Sen. Edward M.
Chile since last November, extending harsh restrictions on the press and freedom of association.
The military government of Chile has extended its state of emergency for another 90 days, beginning today.
A strong earthquake shook northern Chile early Thursday, shattering windows, triggering small
Riot police firing tear gas and water cannon Wednesday disrupted a funeral procession of 2,000 mourning a U.S. permanent resident who was allegedly burned to death by soldiers during a demonstration.
The Senate on Friday passed a resolution calling for the withdrawal of an invitation to a Chilean Navy "torture ship" to participate in the July 4 Liberty Weekend celebration in New York City.
A former member of Chile's ruling junta and 39 other people, most of them military figures, were indicted on charges that they belonged to a death squad responsible for dozens of disappearances a decade ago.
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I would like to make three brief points with respect to the article (Editorial Pages, Jan. 2), "America Sides with Pinochet's Atrocities," by Sen.
Police arrested 40 people Friday, most of them women, demonstrating in support of several hundred prisoners accused of terrorism who are staging a hunger strike to demand that they be recognized as political prisoners.
Amid rolling aftershocks Monday that emptied offices early and brought an anxious pause to cleanup efforts, the official count from Chile's worst earthquake in 25 years rose to 135 dead, and almost 2,000 injured.
The government said Thursday that it will be as tough as necessary in stopping any repetitions of a two-day protest against military rule in which four people were fatally wounded and scores injured.
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions charged Tuesday that the Chilean government treats women prisoners badly and called for the release of all political and labor activists being held in that country.
Four bombs exploded outside three government buildings and a bank, killing one person who was apparently carrying several pounds of dynamite, police reported.
President Augusto Pinochet's military government said it will allow 507 more Chilean exiles to return, but it continued a ban on 764 others "for security reasons."
Two dissident journalists were indicted Saturday on charges of defaming the armed forces in a story published last year, a spokesman for their newspaper said.
Shaken by a growing uproar over charges of police involvement in a triple political assassination, Chile's military regime bolstered security Saturday after warning that it will use "the most drastic measures" to keep public order.
President Augusto Pinochet of Chile has strengthened the financial base of his authoritarian regime
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