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Crusading Spanish Judge Is Indicted for Franco Probe

(April 8) -- Spain's most famous judge, who ordered the arrest and extradition of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for crimes against humanity, may go on trial himself because of an investigation he began into a dictator closer to home: Francisco Franco. Baltasar Garzon, 54, faces the end of his judicial career after a...

Michelle Bachelet Is Chile's Steely Survivor

(March 2) -- The catastrophic earthquake that rattled Chile just two weeks before President Michelle Bachelet leaves office is almost certainly not enough to define her political legacy. For Bachelet -- who lost her father in 1974 after months of torture under Augusto Pinochet's brutal rule and was later tortured herself...

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Raffi Asdourian: No: Cannes 2012 Review

Pablo LarraÃn ( Post Mortem ) has achieved something spectacularly unique with No , his beta-max rendition of the 1988 referendum vote in Chile concerning dictator Augusto Pinochet.

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05/24/12 Bill 78's opponents go off with a bang Source: The Gazette - Montreal - QC - Canada A phenomenon is sweeping Montreal and other cities that gives new meaning to the term Bloc Pot Ã¢ no, nothing to do with QuebecÃ¢s marijuana party.
05/23/12 Raffi Asdourian: No: Cannes 2012 Review Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment Pablo LarraÃn ( Post Mortem ) has achieved something spectacularly unique with No , his beta-max rendition of the 1988 referendum vote in Chile concerning dictator Augusto Pinochet.
05/23/12 Cannes Minireview: No Source: NoControl Two hours with Gael GarcÃa Bernal , anyone?
05/22/12 Cannes: Sony Pictures Classics nabs Garcia Bernal's... Source: PanArmenian.net Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American rights to "No," a drama about Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet starring Gael Garcia Bernal , The Wrap reported.
05/21/12 Cannes Preview: No, Reality and Antiviral Source: New York Observer - New York NY Three films here in Cannes have held a funhouse mirror up to our relationship with media, and it sure isn't a pretty sight.

Background on Augusto Pinochet

Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, more commonly known as Augusto Pinochet (), (25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean army general and dictator who assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean army from 1973 to 1998, president of the Government Junta of Chile from 1973 to 1981 and President of the Republic from 1974 until transferring power to a democratically elected president in 1990.

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