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Chileans remember the Executed, Disappeared on Dictator's Death
by Takver Tuesday December 12, 2006 at 05:52 PM

Fifty people gathered in Federation Square to remember those executed, and the disappeared on the occasion of the death of the brutal military dictator, Augusto Pinochet.

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Leftist Banners were unfurled. Cards with photos of the executed and the disappeared were spread on the ground. Chilean and indigenous Mapuche people remembered the brutal and repressive years of the Pinochet dictatorship.

Many present would have liked to see the General face criminal prosecution for the deaths he caused and the agony of family members never knowing how their friends and comrades were tortured, killed and buried.

Speeches were made. and Songs were sang. An era ended with the death of Pinochet.

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Chileans Remember
by Takver Tuesday December 12, 2006 at 05:52 PM

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The Disappeared, the Executed
by Takver Tuesday December 12, 2006 at 05:52 PM

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