Chile
Chilean Communist freed as Colombia drops charges
June 27, 2011Accused of rounding up money for the FARC, Manuel Olate was detained for three months as a first step to extradition.
Read moreChile seeks truth about deaths of Allende and Neruda
June 14, 2011The body of former Chilean President Salvador Allende was exhumed in May in an attempt to determine whether the democratically elected socialist president was murdered.
Read moreProtests assail rigged trial of Chile indigenous leaders
March 28, 2011The conviction of four leaders of the Mapuche indigenous group in Chile is drawing international and national condemnation of Chile's right wing government and President Sebastian Piñera.
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Read moreUrzúa, miner number 33
October 19, 2010Chilean miner #33, Luis Urzúa, the leader of the entrapped group, embodies Chile's history from Allende to Pinochet to now with working-class dignity and tenacious faith in his fellow miners and humankind.
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