Pinochet in Piccadilly
Pinochet in Piccadilly In October 1998, General Augusto Pinochet, former dictator of Chile, was arrested in London. Why was Margaret Thatcher so keen to defend the General? He had been charged with…
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Pinochet in Piccadilly
In October 1998, General Augusto Pinochet, former dictator of Chile, was arrested in London. Why was Margaret Thatcher so keen to defend the General? He had been charged with crimes against humanity by a Spanish magistrate, but over the 16 months that Pinochet was detained, equally intriguing questions went unanswered about his links with Britain.
And why was Britain the General's favourite foreign country? Why was Tony Blair's usually cautious government prepared to have him arrested? Andy Beckett offers a compound of history, investigation and travelogue that unravels this strange story.