SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Chilean courts Tuesday ordered arrest warrants for 129 people accused of helping the country's former dictator eradicate his regime's critics.

SANTIAGO, Chile, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- A Chilean court has sent two retired Chilean army generals to jail and triggered calls for an investigation in the Netherlands over charges that hefty bribes changed hands in a 1998 purchase of 200 Leopard tanks for the Chilean armed forces.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Bolivian President Juan Evo Morales is concerned that recent gains by right-wing political leaders in Argentina and Chile could lead to election wins by fascists and "Pinochetistas" in the two neighboring countries currently ruled by his friends.

SANTIAGO, Chile, May 27 (UPI) -- A former soldier has been charged in the 1973 slaying of internationally renowned Chilean folk singer Victor Jara, authorities say.

MADRID, April 17 (UPI) -- A Spanish judge Friday ordered that an investigation remain open into former Bush administration officials in connection with alleged prisoner torture.

WASHINGTON, April 16 (UPI) -- The attorney general of Spain has recommended dropping a yearlong attempt to bring six former senior Bush administration officials to trial on charges of authorizing torture practices at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But the final decision on whether or not to proceed with the case will lie with the daredevil judge prosecuting it. And he's never backed down yet.

MADRID, March 28 (UPI) -- A Spanish court has begun a process that could lead to a probe into whether U.S. officials broke international law on torture of prisoners, an official said.

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