DATE=10/20/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-240463
TITLE=PINOCHET / LATAM (L ONLY)
BYLINE=GEORGE MEEK
DATELINE=RIO DE JANEIRO
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: NON-GOVERNMENTAL GROUPS AROUND SOUTH AMERICA WELCOME THE
DETENTION OF FORMER CHILEAN DICTATOR AUGUSTO PINOCHET IN LONDON.
GENERAL PINOCHET -- NOW A LIFETIME SENATOR -- IS UNDER ARREST ON
ORDERS OF A SPANISH JUDGE WHO ACCUSES HIM OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR
ATROCITIES COMMITTED DURING HIS RULE. WE HAVE DETAILS FROM
CORRESPONDENT GEORGE MEEK IN OUR SOUTH AMERICA BUREAU.
TEXT: LABOR UNIONS AND HUMANITARIAN GROUPS IN URUGUAY ORGANIZED A
MARCH IN THE CAPITAL TUESDAY TO SUPPORT THE ARREST OF SENATOR
PINOCHET. THE SPONSORS OF THE MARCH BEGAN COLLECTING SIGNATURES
ON A PETITION CALLING FOR TRIALS IN SPAIN OF HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATORS IN URUGUAY AND ARGENTINA AS WELL AS IN CHILE.
IN ARGENTINA, THE HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP KNOWN AS THE MOTHERS OF THE
PLAZA DE MAYO IS ORGANIZING DEMONSTRATIONS IN MADRID IN SUPPORT
OF THE SPANISH INVESTIGATION. THE LEADER OF THE GROUP, HEBE DE
BONAFINI, SAYS THERE ARE NO NATIONAL BORDERS WHEN IT COMES TO
PROSECUTING CRIMES OF GENOCIDE.
IN BOLIVIA, LEADERS OF WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS IN LATIN AMERICA
DEMONSTRATED MONDAY OUTSIDE THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN LA PAZ TO
SUPPORT BRITAIN'S DETENTION OF SENATOR PINOCHET. THE
DEMONSTRATORS CALLED FOR SIMILAR PROSECUTION OF BOLIVIA'S CURRENT
PRESIDENT, HUGO BANZER, WHO WAS A DICTATOR TWO DECADES AGO.
IN ECUADOR, THE LATIN AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION CALLS
SENATOR PINOCHET'S ARREST A WARNING BELL THAT SHOULD JOLT OTHER
FORMER DICTATORS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS OUT OF THEIR
COMPLACENCY. THE ASSOCIATION, WHICH REPRESENTS HUMAN RIGHTS
GROUPS IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES, URGES ESTABLISHMENT OF AN
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL TO TRY SUCH CRIMES.
VENEZUELA'S LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR THE DECEMBER
ELECTION, RETIRED COLONEL HUGO CHAVEZ, SAYS SENATOR PINOCHET
SHOULD BE TRIED IN CHILE FOR CRIMES ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED THERE --
NOT IN SPAIN WHERE DIFFERENT LAWS PREVAIL. COLONEL CHAVEZ LED
AN UNSUCCESSFUL COUP ATTEMPT IN VENEZUELA SIX YEARS AGO. (SIGNED)
NEB/GM/KL
20-Oct-98 10:11 AM EDT (1411 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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