Pinochet's Last Stand
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ISBN: 026359424021 / Publisher: HBO Studios, February 2008
While in London for medical treatment in 1998, former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is put under house arrest for crimes against humanity, but the vagaries of British and international law complicate his extradition.
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"During Gen. Augusto Pinochet's 17-year rule over Chile, he gained a reputation as one of the world's most oppressive dictators. The HBO Films drama Pinochet's Last Stand tells the fascinating true story of Pinochet's surprise 1998 arrest for crimes against humanity. The former dictator went to Britain for a vacation that was to forever change his life - and prospects for dictators across the globe. Amnesty International spearheaded the long-awaited arrest; however, they found themselves up against British law, a po-Pinochet PR campaign masterminded by one of Pinochet's few allies, Margaret Thatcher - and the general's own vast reserves of cunning."
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