How to Feed a Dictator review – what was on the menu for some of the world’s most evil men
Andrew Neel’s documentary contrasts the lavish dishes eaten by heads of repressive states – served by largely unrepentant staff – with the starvation faced by their citizens
July 2026
Pinochet-era soldier jailed for killing folk singer Víctor Jara 53 years ago
Nelson Haase Mazzei was sentenced for murdering Jara in 2023, but fled from authorities in Chile
June 2026
Former Pinochet agents convicted over 1976 Washington DC carbomb murder
Chilean lawmakers want ‘museum of truth’ to provide far-right take on Allende era
April 2026
Chile’s far-right government rips up plan for memorial at Pinochet torture site
Accused Pinochet agent turned Bondi nanny Adriana Rivas to be extradited to Chile
December 2025
Chile’s far-right president taps into support for Pinochet that never went away
Today in Focus
The Pinochet fan with a Nazi dad: meet Chile’s next president - podcast
Chile’s new far-right head is latest Latin American leader to ride hardline wave to power
Letter: Sir Geoffrey Bindman obituary
November 2025
Witnessing the wrath of Richard Gott in Chile
Chile to end Pinochet henchmen’s pampered prison life of tennis and barbecues
August 2025
Other lives
Carlos Muñoz Villalobos obituary
Other lives: Political refugee who founded an Andean band that performed at the Southbank Centre and at Womad
April 2025
38 Londres Street by Philippe Sands review – Pinochet and the Nazis
‘The law is another form of storytelling’: Philippe Sands in conversation with Juan Gabriel Vásquez
March 2025
Book of the day
38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia by Philippe Sands review – war crimes revisited
Other lives
Wendy Tyndale obituary
October 2024
Alleged Pinochet agent turned Bondi nanny Adriana Rivas launches last-ditch appeal to block extradition to Chile
Rivas, who is accused by Chile of being a torturer and kidnapper, launches challenge in the federal court
July 2024
Chile’s stolen children: a new effort offers hope to Pinochet-era international adoptees
Adoptee stolen at birth sues Chile over thousands of dictatorship-era thefts