Augusto Pinochet's arrest and trial

main theme of the play is an extremely personal one for both playwright (and scriptwriter) and director. Both Dorfman and Polanski have had to face and flee the horrors of dictatorship and human rights violations: Dorfman in Chile, under General Augusto Pinochet, and Polanski in Poland under the Nazis. But despite this similarity in past experience, significannot differences exist between the original play and the film. Apart from the specific techniques of lighting and

main theme of the play is an extremely personal one for both playwright (and scriptwriter) and director. Both Dorfman and Polanski have had to face and flee the horrors of dictatorship and human rights violations: Dorfman in Chile, under General Augusto Pinochet, and Polanski in Poland under the Nazis. But despite this similarity in past experience, significant differences exist between the original play and the film. Apart from the specific techniques of lighting and

into facing a horrible genocide right when a man, by the name of Augusto Pinochet, took over which lead to many death as well as torture. Pinochet’s Growth in Power In October 1998 he became the centre of international attention when he was arrested in London, following a request from Spain for his extradition to stand trial for ‘crimes of genocide and terrorism’, in which some of the victims had been Spanish nationals. The arrest caused tension between UK and Chile, and civil unrest in Chile

During the raid, Allende barricaded himself in his office where he was later found dead, with gun in hand. In the months following the coup, a military dictatorship was established, and in 1974 Augusto Pinochet was appointed the official president of Chile. Immediately after Allende’s death, the military took harsh actions against critics. One of the regime’s first acts was to ban all leftist political parties. Soon, any action or statement disparagement

ChileFrom 1973 - 1977, there was genocide in Chile. The targets were people who believed in the communist government system. The start of it all began on September 11th, 1973 when Chilean commander in chief, Augusto Pinochet Ugarte commanded the Chilean army and police force to overthrow the current president Salvador Allende. The main reason for the overthrow was because of Allende's economic plan. With it, inflation was rising 1% every day. The only reason the coup was successful at overthrowing

Summary Military Coup of 1973 Military Junta Arrest and Court cases in Britain Death SUMMARY -Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, born November 25, 1915, in Valparaiso, Chile joined the Chilean army in 1935. He went up the ranks and in 1973 he was appointed Commander in Chief by President Salvador Allende. Pinochet led the military coup that overthrew Allende a month later. After 25 long years in power, he was put under arrest and died in 2006 in Santiago, Chile, before he could be tried for alleged human

bathed in blood." (Pinochet) was he a man to be admired or feared? Augusto Pinochet was born on November 25 1915, in Valparaiso Chile. He joined the military at age fifteen and was assigned to the Military Junta. He worked his way through the ranks and at age 23 he became a lieutenant. In 1972 he became the leader of the country after the CIA backed coup in 1973 and kept control of the military and the country during his reign. Augusto Pinochet created an absolute dictatorship over his people through

news was printed on the first page, whereas, it was printed on the second page of "The Sun". "The Guardian" focuses on the reaction from both sides. It gives us information of the situation and reactions from his opposes as well as from Pinochet’s supporters. It also focuses on the on the problems caused to the government due to this historic decision of Jack Straw and the reason for why he is being tried and it also mentions about the legal process. When we look at the article

Throughout time we have been able to see various types of regimes ruling one specific country. This fact most often applies specifically to political unstable countries like those that can be found in the region of South America. One of the many countries that have suffered from this is, Peru. If we look back into history there have been a couple of military dictatorships, as well as communist regimes, also many corrupt democracies and a minority of democratic rulers. However, one of the most important