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Chile: tobacco and injustice
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Towards the end of last year, a retired army officer was detained by police in the United Kingdom pending a court extradition hearing. It emerged that this man had been visiting London fairly regularly, and that during these visits he had been in the habit of visiting an elderly lady friend for tea. During his most recent visit, he had also received medical treatment at the private hospital where he was arrested. He was released to await the outcome of the legal process, but forbidden to leave the country.
The man, former Chilean military dictator General Augusto Pinochet, was
wanted for questioning by Spain, for alleged atrocities against Spanish
citizens following his armed overthrow of the government of the late
Salvador Allende in 1973. The woman, Lady Thatcher, former British
prime minister, was among the first to call for the general's release,
not least, she said, because he was too "old,
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