Transcript: Pinochet's History with the United States

STEVE INSKEEP
NPR Morning Edition
12-11-2006
Pinochet's History with the United States

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time 10:00-11:00 AM


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STEVE INSKEEP, host:

Late in his life, former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet made a flat statement. He said in Spanish, I have no regrets at all. I haven't assassinated anyone.

Mr. AUGUSTO PINOCHET (Former President of Chile): (Spanish spoken)

INSKEEP: That he would even have to make such a denial hints at the crimes for which he was accused. Pinochet took over Chile in a military coup in 1973. His government was accused of many human rights abuses for which the dictator was never quite brought to trial.

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