Enrique Fernandez
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/ 21 December 2004

Pinochet to stand trial despite stroke

Augusto Pinochet will stand trial for atrocities from his 17-year regime in Chile, a Santiago court ruled unanimously on Monday, as the 89-year-old former dictator recovered in a hospital from a stroke. Pinochet has never stood trial for any of the approximately 3 000 political opponents killed during the dictatorship.