Fighting the Past
Chile | 1999
The arrest of General Pinochet exposed the frightening hatreds between the political left and right in Chile. While the left reminded the world of Pinochet’s horrific crimes, the right demanded that the horrors be put in their proper context. These were not atrocities, the argument runs, but excesses—what hard men do to restore order and economic success in a harsh environment. A solid third of t…
