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| Special report: The Pinochet file BBC News Online records the twists and turns of the Pinochet case and unlocks the dark secrets of the general's past.
Nick Caistor of the BBC's Latin America service profiles the former dictator. Plus a range of background briefings and articles from the BBC archives
A British activist caught up in the events of 1973 tells of his memories. A Chilean parliamentarian explains why he believes the General must be freed.
UK Home Secretary Jack Straw says he is "minded" to release General Pinochet after accepting medical advice that he is not fit to be extradited.
Exiled Chilean author Ariel Dorfman says that even if former dictator General Augusto Pinochet is not tried for human rights abuses, the extradition affair has been a "very strong step forward".
Hundreds of people e-mailed BBC News Online at the time of his arrest in the UK, two-thirds of them demanding the general's extradition. |
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