On 10 January 1975, Michelle Bachelet, a 23-year-old medical student in Chile, was arrested with her mother by General Augusto Pinochet's secret police. The pair survived three weeks of torture, but Ms Bachelet's father, arrested earlier, did not.
This weekend Ms Bachelet, now 54, could become the first elected female president of a South American nation. Gen Pinochet is now the one under arrest, on multiple charges of rights abuses and corruption.
The former paediatrician was 24 points ahead going into today's presidential election in Chile, and if shedoes not win outright, she will be the favourite for the run-off vote.
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Victories sometimes come late
Probably more bad news for the US administration and the Pinochetsia:
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