chile

Interviews, eyewitness accounts, and political sources help chronicle the personal life, rise to power, arrest, and imprisonment of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, the first former head of state to be arrested on charges of crimes against humanity.

Chronicles the experiences of Miguel Littin, an exiled Chilean film director who returned to his homeland disguised as an Uruguayan businessman and traveled throughout the country making a secret documentary about the military government.

Presents an examination of the regime of Argentine dictator General Augusto Pinochet, and includes discussion of his murderous seventeen year reign, the global effort to bring him to justice, and his dramatic arrest in London in October 1998. Includes notes, bibliography, and index.

Profiles the life and career of the president of Chile.

When his father, a well-known musician who supports the people's choice for president, is taken away by the Security forces of the military government in Chile, sixteen-year-old Andres Larreta becomes a wanted man himself as he continues his father's resistance activities.

Presents the life of an eleven-year-old boy and his family in central Chile, describing his school and recreational activities and the work of his father.

Describes the oppression that has grown since the overthrow of President Allende in 1973, and that threatens to continue under a new constitution.

Follows the life of the man who served in Chile as the first Marxist to be freely elected to lead a nation of the Western Hemisphere, until military leaders overthrew his government in 1973.

Provides an overview of the history and culture of Chile, and includes discussion of the country's religion, society, broadcasting and print media, literature, performing arts, and art and architecture.