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Published in: openSecurityCivil resistance and the geopolitics of impunityThe Spanish jurist who went after Pinochet reflects on the battle against impunity in Chile and Argentina, and...
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Published in: openSecurityThe arrest of Cristian Labbé breathes new life into Chile's human rights struggleNew charges indict one of the most ensconced figures on the Chilean right, and a symbol of the enduring impunity for...
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Published in: HomeLatin American progressives and environmental duplicityWhat governments must do, now more than ever, is decisively leave resources in the ground, reject mining projects,...
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Published in: HomeThe dictatorship has not ended: Chile’s September riotsUnder the current democratic regime, the annual performance of violence in Chile’s marginalised neighbourhoods is...
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Published in: openSecurityChile's support for Palestine: two-faced on indigenous rights
Chile's diplomatic outcry against Israel has been welcomed by supporters of the Palestinian cause, but its...
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Published in: HomeGarcía Márquez and "the Latin American who came in from the cold"Former Swedish deputy foreign minister and UN ambassador Pierre Schori remembers circumstances and characters,...
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Published in: HomeElections in Chile: a triumphing centre-left and a centre-right at the crossroadsIf the Chilean centre-right is interested in surviving and continuing to be a relevant electoral force, it should...
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Published in: HomeThe Chilean presidential elections and foreign policy
Chile has been elected as one of the ten non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (2014-2015). What might the...
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Published in: Home'Marca tu voto' for a constitutional assembly: Direct democracy in Chile’s 2013 presidential election‘Marca tu Voto’ has been accused of being a leftist movement that wants to transform Chile into a Chavez-like...
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Published in: HomeChile's coup: the perspective of forty years
The military seizure of power in Chile on 11 September 1973 continues to influence the country's politics, and its...
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Published in: HomeChile, 11 September 1973: death and birth of a nation
The military coup of forty years ago inaugurated a long period of dictatorship and human-rights violation. But its...
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Published in: HomeRemembering Salvador AllendeOn September 11, 1973, the democratically elected President of Chile, Salvador Allende, died during a US-backed coup...
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Published in: HomeJustice in the world's light
What precedent did the arrest of former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet set for international justice? An interview...
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Published in: openIndiaNarendra Modi, British invitation and universal jurisdictionSome British MPs have invited an Indian politician widely accused of having committed crimes against humanity in his...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Scotland of the Democratic Future: some tentative lessons from ChileScotland's experience cannot be compared to a brutal dictatorship, yet there are parallels to be drawn between the...
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Published in: HomeUS election: what can Latin America expect?
Relations between the US and Latin American countries have always been tense, from economic rivalry to political...
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Published in: HomeLatin America, an election cascade
A series of fifteen elections across Latin America in 2009-12 offers a useful guide to the region's main democratic...
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Published in: HomeA call for the rally, ‘Plebiscite Now! Let the Majority Decide’
This is the latest communiqué from the Occupy movements to add to our collection. Democracia para Chile is preparing...
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Published in: HomeA global revolution is under way
It is necessary to find a new system where decisions can only be taken if they have sufficient support from the...
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Published in: HomeThe two 9/11s: Chile and the United States
The coup of 1973 and the attacks of 2001 were very different in character. But the contrast in the responses of...
