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Chilean Supreme Court ends legal proceedings against Pinochet ...  Jul 20, 2002 ... Prats had served in the cabinet of Socialist Party President Salvador Allende, ... The prosecution had argued that the July 2001 ruling had breached the ... to distance themselves from him by getting the former dictator off the political stage. ... that Pinochet could return to Chile, as he was too frail to stand trial.
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Chilean Judge Says Pinochet Is Fit for Trial - The New York Times  Dec 14, 2004 ... Chilean judge rules that Gen Augusto Pinochet is competent to stand trial ... former Chilean foreign minister assassinated in Washington; Pres Ricardo Lagos has no immediate comment on ruling, but State Defense Council president Clara ... Augusto Pinochet was competent to stand trial for human rights...
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Kissinger sued over Chile death | World news | The Guardian  Sep 12, 2001 ... The family of the Chilean military commander Rene Schneider, killed ... and sought damages from Mr Kissinger, from the former CIA director Richard ... 16 months when Britain decided that he was too ill to be extradited to Spain. ... in July when Chile's appeals court ruled he was mentally unfit to stand trial.
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human rights watch | the pinochet prosecution: the end of impunity?  Sep 11, 1973 ... (Santiago, July 9, 2001) Today's decision by the Santiago Appeals Court ... Chilean Appellate Court Ruling on Pinochet Criticized ... Friday's decision by a Chilean judge to arrest and try former dictator Augusto Pinochet. ... means that Pinochet should now face trial for human rights violations committed at...
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General Pinochet - LAITS  Jun 7, 2005 ... Chile's Supreme Court rules Augusto Pinochet is fit to stand trial on ... with 35,000 former prisoners, is presented to the Chilean president. ... rule. July 2001 ... His lawyers argue that he is too ill to stand trial and that evidence...
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Clemency Question Part Of Larger Picture - tribunedigital-sunsentinel  Aug 21, 1999 ... Collazo was wounded in the assassination attempt. ... Collazo was condemned to death, but Truman commuted his sentence to life in prison. In 1979, President Carter was swayed by public opinion in Puerto Rico that the ... same way about 15 radical independence-seekers serving mostly life sentences.
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Hinckley not guilty by reason of insanity - Jun 21, 1982 - HISTORY ...  John W. Hinckley, Jr., who on March 30, 1981, shot President Ronald Reagan and three ... D.C., hotel, was found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity. In the trial, Hinckley's defense attorneys argued that their client was ill with narcissistic ... The June 1982 verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity aroused...
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Augusto Pinochet - Wikipedia  Augusto Jos Ramn Pinochet Ugarte was President of Chile between 1973 and 1990 and Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army from 1973 to 1998. He was also president of the Government Junta of Chile between 1973 and 1981. His rule of Chile was a dictatorship. ... In a 1988 plebiscite 56% voted against Pinochet's continuing as president,...
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Ex-Officials in Mexico Tied to Drug Lord, Report Asserts - latimes  Feb 17, 1997 ... YOU ARE HERE: LAT HomeCollectionsDrug Trafficking -- United States ... evidence presented to a federal grand jury in Texas beginning March 10. ... He is charged in Mexico with obstructing justice and illegal enrichment ... Former President Salinas, who is living in self-exile in Ireland, has not been...
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HINKLEY IS CLEARED BUT IS HELD INSANE IN REAGAN ATTACK ...  ... tonight was found not guilty by reason of insanity on all 13 charges of shooting ... Published: June 22, 1982 ... WASHINGTON, June 21 John W. Hinckley Jr. tonight was found not guilty by ... It is not clear when, if ever, he could be released. .... President Reagan had a bullet tear through his body and lodge near his heart.
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BRAZILIAN LEADER QUITS AS HIS TRIAL STARTS IN SENATE ...  Dec 30, 1992 ... Fernando Collor de Mello resigned as President of Brazil today, ... after the Brazilian Senate had begun an impeachment trial he was all but certain to lose. ... other Latin American countries for politicians who enrich themselves while .... May 23, 1992: President's younger brother charges President used his...
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1973 Chilean coup d'tat - Wikipedia  The 1973 Chilean coup d'tat was a watershed event in both the history of Chile and the Cold War. Following an extended period of social unrest and political tension between the right-dominated Congress of Chile and the elected socialist President Salvador Allende, ... Direct witness accounts of Allende's death agree that he killed himself in the...
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Pervez Musharraf - The New York Times  The Interior Ministry has rejected a request from former President Pervez Musharraf to go abroad for what he contends is a chance to seek medical treatment...
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Presidency of Salvador Allende - Wikipedia  Salvador Allende was the president of Chile from 1970 until 1973, and head of the Popular Unity government; he was the first Marxist ever to be elected to the national presidency of a democracy. Though the 1970 election was lawful, in August 1973 the Chilean Senate .... He was supported by the Communist Party, thatdespite being ultimately...
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Indictment and arrest of Augusto Pinochet - Wikipedia  General Augusto Pinochet was indicted for human rights violations committed in his native Chile by Spanish magistrate Baltasar Garzn on 10 October 1998. He was arrested in London six days later and held for a year and a half before finally being released by the British government in March 2000.
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Alberto Fujimori's arrest and trial - Wikipedia  Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was arrested and tried for a number of crimes related to corruption and human rights abuses that occurred during his...
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Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Found Guilty of ...  Jul 8, 2015 ... Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was convicted on July 8, ... The court in southern Italy sentenced Berlusconi to three years in jail and ... he was forced from office as a result of a plot by European Union officials.
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Isabel Pern arrested over accusations of human rights abuses ...  Jan 12, 2007 ... Isabel Pern, the former Argentinian president and widow of the caudillo Juan Pern, was arrested at her home in Madrid last night after a...
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Isabel Allende | Mother Jones  Isabel Allende went into exile after her uncle, Chilean president Salvador Allende, was overthrown in a CIA-assisted coup in 1973. .... me the day before she fell into the coma that such a thing was going to happen, I would have killed myself.
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Bartcop Entertainment - Friday, 7 December, 2001  Dec 7, 2001 ... "I think they were right and I believe the fact that we stood up to this right-wing ... "Clinton Acquitted Decisively: No Majority For Either Charge. ..... that he may scale back his touring so he can pay more attention to his eight-year...
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President Clinton acquitted - Feb 12, 1999 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, President Clinton acquitted on Feb 12, 1999. ... On January 7, 1999, in a congressional procedure not seen since the 1868 impeachment trial of President ... the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (William Rehnquist at this time) was sworn in to preside and the senators were sworn in as jurors.