U.S. hails Chile for surviving Pinochet
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The White House on Sunday marked the death of former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet by calling his rule a "difficult period" and commending the country for establishing a free society.
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CUESTA ACHUPALLA, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator  Augusto Pinochet became a multi-millionaire because he saved,  made good investments and his friends gave him money, one of  his sons said on Tuesday.
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Chile's Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the indictment and house arrest of Gen. Augusto Pinochet for nine kidnappings and one homicide allegedly committed during his dictatorial rule that was marked by pervasive human rights abuses.
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SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 10 -- Thousands of jubilant Chileans streamed into the streets of Santiago after hearing that their former president, Gen. Augusto Pinochet, had died Sunday. Many danced and popped open champagne, while caravans of cars with horns blaring toured the capital for hours.
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Some in Chile celebrated with champagne but for others, there was no joy in death of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, only the sense of a final injustice committed by the dictator who brutally ruled the country for 17 years.
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Supporters of late Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet file past his coffin a day after his death in Santiago.
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Lawyers for Gen. Augusto Pinochet appealed a judge's decision to place the former Chilean dictator under house arrest, winning him at least another day of freedom.
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Three decades after being imprisoned and tortured during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, Mireya Garcia is among 27,000 Chileans who will finally get government compensation.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, accused of torture, killings and kidnappings during his 1973-1990 rule, is recovering from a heart attack he suffered at the weekend, doctors said on Monday.
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet has suffered a stroke, but was in stable condition yesterday in Santiago&#39;s Army Hospital, medical officials said.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Chilean President Ricardo Lagos  received a chilling report on Wednesday from a government  commission that interviewed more than 30,000 victims to  chronicle for the first time the systematic use of torture  during Augusto Pinochet's 1973-1990 dictatorship.
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By Fiona Ortiz SANTIAGO, Chile  - Chile's Supreme Court ruled onTuesday that murder and kidnapping charges against AugustoPinochet can move forward, a decision that brings theex-dictator one step closer to trial in a major human rightscase.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Thousands of mourners filed past the coffin of former dictator Augusto Pinochet on Monday, praying, crying and paying their respects to a man who divides Chilean public opinion in death as he did in life.
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Gen. Augusto Pinochet, who overthrew Chile's democratically elected Marxist president in a bloody coup and ruled this Andean nation for 17 years, died Sunday, dashing hopes of victims of his regime's abuses that he would be brought to justice. He was 91.
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General Pinochet is credited with stablilizing Chile's economy, but is best known for his repressive rule and alleged human rights violations.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is conscious and stable after undergoing a heart by-pass operation on Sunday, a hospital doctor said.
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- General Augusto Pinochet, whose 17-year dictatorship carried out thousands of political killings and widespread torture, was fighting for his life in a hospital yesterday after a heart attack. But doctors said his condition was improving after an emergency procedure to restore blood flow to his heart.