Augusto Pinochet

Pablo Neruda's death to be investigated by global scientists in Chile

A team of scientists gathered in Santiago to determine whether Pablo Neruda died of cancer or of poison given on the orders of Augusto Pinochet.

Assassinated by Pinochet? As mystery lingers, Chile reburies Nobel-winning Pablo Neruda

Chile reburied Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda's remains on Tuesday after exhuming them to determine whether he was assassinated by late dictator Augusto Pinochet's regime - a mystery that still lingers.

Thousands protests against Chilean prez demanding a new constitution

Several thousand people took to the streets of Santiago and other Chilean cities to demand a Constitutional Assembly as a means to provide the country with a new constitution, as was promised by President Michelle Bachelet during her election campaign.

Terror, Gandhi, Pinochet: Three 9/11s that changed the world

2011 marks the tenth anniversary of 9/11. But really it is the anniversary of two other 9/11s, earlier ones, that in their own way altered the course of history. P. Sainath writes about the three 9/11s that changed our world.