Chile’s Past Intrudes on Current Presidential Election

The World

The two main presidential candidates in Chile were once childhood friends. Their fathers were both generals in the Air Force. But some Chileans believe one of the men was implicated in the torture and death of the other after the 1973 military coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power.

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