The composer was assassinated along with former prisons chief Littré Quiroga five days after the September 11, 1973 coup against socialist president Salvador Allende
The documents were released Friday by the State Department in Washington, on the verge of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of the government of socialist Salvador Allende
Alejandro Artigas, now 74-years-old, describes a ‘Dantean scene’ and ‘a sepulchral silence’ in the office where President Salvador Allende lay dead, after the coup plotters bombed the palace
The group of Democratic legislators wants to understand how the country is strengthening its democracy
Declassified documents from the U.S. National Security Archive reveal a telephone conversation between the president and national security advisor after the failed CIA-backed plot
The Chilean writer recounts the ins and outs of her 1989 interviews with the dictator, after his defeat in the plebiscite that would have extended his time in power. ‘He was a very toxic figure… it wasn’t a pleasant experience,’ she tells EL PAÍS
The Chilean singer-songwriter was arrested on September 12, 1973, one day after Pinochet’s coup d’état. The country’s Supreme Court will begin hearing the case
The Sultan of Jolo’s heirs are seeking billions from the Malaysian government for mineral rights in northern Borneo, while a Spanish attorney faces criminal charges for his role in the case
Ahead of Henry Kissinger’s 100th birthday, the National Security Archive has published a selection of declassified documents that illustrate the ‘darker side’ of the former U.S. secretary of State
The Chilean songwriter was politically committed until the end, when he was murdered by the Pinochet dictatorship’s soldiers
A Beretta belonging to the former military coup leader was recovered by police after an attack on a house in Valdivia, leading to the reopening of a 10-year-old investigation over the theft of 17 weapons from his former residence
José Antonio Kast’s Republican Party will have the final say on a new Constitution after securing a rightist majority on the 50-seat body. Gabriel Boric’s left did not achieve enough support to gain power of veto
The opposition to President Gabriel Boric is waging its own battle for hegemony: the Chile Vamos bloc, led by a new generation, is facing the extremist Republican Party
A new biography about the singer-songwriter recounts the months and days before he was executed after the 1973 coup against Salvador Allende
Eliminalia uses fake news, cloned websites and bots to deceive Google, according to an investigation by Forbidden Stories and EL PAÍS, which for the first time reveals the company’s client list
According to Rodolfo Reyes, investigators have concluded that the toxin detected in the laureate’s body in 2017 was exogenous, meaning it must have been administered
Nobel laureate’s death after Pinochet coup had always been attributed to prostate cancer
A group of forensic experts are to exhume the poet’s body to clear up suspicions over whether the Pinochet government murdered the Nobel Prize winner in 1973