Bettmann / Contributor (1973). Santiago, Chile: An armed guard watches prisoners of the Pinochet regime [Photograph]. Getty Images. Days after the Chilean coup, detention centres sprung up around country aimed to arrest and dispose of ‘subversives’ really anyone opposed to the dictatorship. One of the most infamous was Estadio Nacional in Santiago. During September and November, a dissection of Chilean society was held there: teachers, students, workers, artists, peasants, j

Did the U.S co-ordinate the Chilean Coup of 1973? Trigger Warning: The following article contains images (blurred) of physical and sexual torture. Left Chilean Army troops positioned on a rooftop fire on the La Moneda Palace 11 September 1973 in Santiago .   AFP via Getty Images (1973). Chilean army troops positioned on a rooftop fire on the La Moneda presidential palace [Photograph]. Getty Images Right Tanks in front of the National Congress (1964) of Brazil.   Agência Senad

No country can open its doors to this class of criminal and still sleep soundly. No nation crosses these dark boundaries of history with impunity.” – Argentine Journalist and writer Tomás Eloy Martínez [i]  Savvy fascists could see the defeat of Italy and Germany even before the end of World War Two. As the Third Reich collapsed there was a mad scramble between the allies for German technology and minds, each was willing to excise the records of the most useful and less inf