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2009-09-03 Caribbean-Latin America

129 to be arrested on 'dirty war' charges in Chile

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Posted by Steve White 2009-09-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 "Several attempts were made in Chile and abroad to prosecute Pinochet for human rights abuses."

Have any serious attempts been made to prosecute Castro for his human rights abuse? I don't know enough about Allende except that he was a miner diety of some kind but is there any reason to seriously believe he would have been different than Castro and other Communists of the era?

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-09-03 18:00|| 2009-09-03 18:00|| Front Page Top

#2 What is dangerous about going after Pinochet is that he and his entourage gave up power without a bloody full blown civil war. It was similar to what South Africa opted for. To renege on the pledge to keep their hands off, it sets the precedent for future situations where those in power see no reason not to go down hard, taking a lot of others with them.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-09-03 19:33|| 2009-09-03 19:33|| Front Page Top

#3 The problem with Pinochet was that he imprisoned his prisoners instead of killing them. The Argentinian Generals (who were fighting their own "Dirty War") warned him to kill all his prisoners, but he refused. As a result they lived to testify.

It is significant that the Argentinian Generals were never prosecuted, but all their prisoners were dead.

You can bet that Assad and Hugo are paying close attention.

Posted by Frozen Al 2009-09-03 20:14|| 2009-09-03 20:14|| Front Page Top

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