The Latest Breaking News from Augusto Pinochet

Isabel Allende wins €1m Spanish literary prize under pseudonym

Chilean-American author awarded Premio Planeta for sequel to her 1982 debut novel, The House of the Spirits

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17

This Week in History: Anthrax panic and the Great Storm of 1987

Explore how major events between 12 and 18 October were captured on The Independent’s front pages

The Independent UK · Oct 12

‘My poetry won me asylum’: Cecilia Vicuña on exile life in ‘sad’ Britain after Pinochet’s coup

Five decades after convincing judges she’d be killed if she returned to Chile, the artist is back with a politically charged retrospective in the country she grew to love

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6

‘A man of great appetites’: what’s it like to be a dictator’s personal chef?

In an often chilling new documentary, the chefs of brutal leaders from Idi Amin to Saddam Hussein, talk about their unusual lives behind the scenes

The Guardian - US · Jun 9

DNA Test Reunites Chilean American Man With Mother After Pinochet-Era Adoption Scandal

The Chilean government estimates that more than 20,000 children were stolen from families during the Pinochet dictatorship

Latin Times · May 29

Stolen under a dictatorship, reunited by DNA: One family’s emotional journey

For the first time since he was an infant, Kyle Adler boarded a plane in February to meet his birth mother

The Independent UK · May 28

Chile’s far-right government rips up plan for memorial at Pinochet torture site

New administration reverses expropriation of property founded by ex-Nazi Paul Schäfer, leaving victims in limbo

The Guardian - US · Apr 8

'End of line' for dictator's alleged agent turned nanny

Victims of a brutal dictator's regime are delighted one of his alleged agents - who became a Sydney nanny - is set to be extradited over kidnapping claims.

AAP · Apr 7

No death penalty for ex-nanny accused of kidnapping

A former nanny accused of kidnapping people for a feared dictatorial regime before moving to Australia would not face the death penalty if extradited.

AAP · Mar 31

Ex-nanny's fight over crimes against humanity claims

A former nanny accused of taking part in secret kidnappings before moving to Australia is locked in a last-ditch fight to avoid extradition.

AAP · Mar 30