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Augusto Pinochet fingió demencia senil con ayuda del gobierno chileno para evitar ir preso, según un reciente libro
Con ayuda del gobierno de Eduardo Frei, presidente de Chile entre 1994 y 2000, el dictador Augusto Pinochet habría fingido un cuadro de demencia senil en el Reino Unido para evitar ir a la cárcel. El objetivo habría sido evitar que lo juzgaran por crímenes de lesa humanidad tras su detención en Inglaterra en 1998 y frente a su inminente extradición a España por pedido del juez Baltazar Garzón.
El dato surge de un relato contenido en el nuevo libro del investigador británico Phillippe Sands, «Calle Londres 38«, y fue desclasificado al autor inglés por un alto asesor de la administración chilena.
El testimonio que sacó a la luz el tema le pertenece a Cristián Toloza Castillo, quien por estos días cumple funciones como jefe del Departamento de Europa, África y Medio Oriente de la Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales.
En el escrito, Sands señaló, aparentemente, fueron los ingleses quienes sugirieron recurrir a razones médicas para eludir la situación judicial. «Sabían que legalmente podían abortar el proceso de extradición por razones de salud», afirma el texto.
Con esta idea, se habría elaborado un documento de más de diez páginas donde se establecía «cómo debía fingir Pinochet que estaba deprimido«. Entre otros consejos, el texto guía indicaba que el militar tenía que decir que «había pensado suicidarse, que tenía problemas de memoria, y demás cosas irracionales y absurdas».
En aquellos años, el presidente de facto chileno estaba en la capital inglesa porque tenía que someterse a una operación. En esas circunstancias, lo detuvieron en plena madrugada del 16 de octubre de 1998, en momentos en que estaba internado en The London Clinic.
En ese entonces, Frei le dijo al país que tenía la convicción de que la permanencia del entonces senador vitalicio significaba «un grave daño a la imagen de Chile», en particular, porque el gobierno de Tony Blair no quería extender su permanencia en suelo inglés.
Por su parte, tras el visto bueno de la Cámara de los Lores, el ministro Jack Straw autorizó dos veces la extradición a España. En caso de liberarlo, los ingleses pedían como garantía que el dictador fuera juzgado en su país. Por ese motivo es que la fuente de Sands habría viajado con documentos que probaban que Pinochet había autorizado la Caravana de la Muerte, la operación posterior al golpe de Estado de 1973 que dejó casi un centenar de muertos en todo el territorio chileno.
Finalmente, en marzo de 2000 Straw argumentó «razones humanitarias» y lo liberó. Sin embargo, cuando llegó vio que “Pinochet se levantó de su silla de ruedas, caminó sin problemas y saludó a los presentes”. Al año siguiente, fue procesado pero la Corte Suprema determinó que no estaba en condiciones mentales de ser juzgado.
Después de 25, años, el ministro de Defensa de la época, Edmundo Pérez Lloma, dijo al portal Bio Bio de Chile que no estaba tanto del documento, mientras que Frei no da entrevistas y Toloza se limitó a señalar que, según entiende, «todo está en el libro».
En el año 2000, el mismo en que ocurrió la liberación, surgieron las primeras sospechas respecto al diagnóstico de Pinochet. En esa época, un artículo publicado en el diario La Nación, señaló que el cuadro de «demencia senil avanzada» que le habían atribuido al dictador podría haber sido ayudado por la ingesta de las «tres o cuatro píldoras» que ingería para dormir.
La duda fue planteada por los expertos gerontólogos contratados por Amnesty International, la Fundación Médica para el Cuidado de las Víctimas de la Tortura, la Asociación de Familiares de los Desaparecidos en Chile y el grupo de derechos humanos Redress, y fueron transmitidos a Straw para que los tuviera en cuenta antes de decidir si le concedía o no la posibilidad de volver a Chile.
En tanto, desde el Instituto de Psiquiatría del Hospital Maudsley y de la Sociedad Internacional de Alzheimer, aseguraron que ese diagnóstico demandaba varias semanas de análisis por fuera del ámbito hospitalario.
«La observación médica durante un período de varios días es vital para asegurar que el paciente no ha tomado drogas, no ha sido entrenado de alguna forma o se le ha impedido dormir bien. Puede que el señor Pinochet haya realmente perdido sus facultades, pero la forma en la que estos exámenes han sido realizados despierta todo tipo de dudas», dijeron.
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House Dem declares she is a ‘proud Guatemalan’ before American at Progressive International conference
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Several House Democrats, including members of the «Squad,» criticized the United States over the weekend at a conference in Mexico City that questioned U.S. influence and policies, with one lawmaker saying she was prouder to be Guatemalan than American.
The second annual Panamerican Congress brought leftist officials from all over North and South America. Those in attendance included Democratic lawmakers: Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Presley of Massachusetts, Summer Lee of Pennsylvania and Jesús Gilberto García and Delia Ramirez of Illinois.
All are members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
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Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., speaks during a news conference with immigration experts, DACA recipients, and Dreamers. Over the weekend, she attended a conference in Mexico City where she said she was a proud Guatemalan before an American. (Getty Images)
During her remarks at the opening of the event, Ramirez spoke about the Trump administration’s illegal immigration crackdown and her own ancestry.
«I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American,» she declared in Spanish. The congresswoman also accused the U.S. of prioritizing «imperialism, militarization, conquest, control, competition in its attempt at domination.»
On her website, Ramirez, the child of immigrant parents, said her husband is in the country illegally and that she is the only congressional lawmaker «in a mixed-status marriage, and fights for the rights of DREAMers like her husband, Boris, and for comprehensive immigration reform.»
The White House condemned the remarks made by Ramirez, as well as her fellow Democrats.
«These Democrats’ comments are despicable and underscore their commitment to putting Americans last,» White House spokesperson Liz Huston told Fox News Digital. «In stark contrast, President Trump is working tirelessly to secure peace deals, deport illegal alien criminals, and advance America’s interests at home and abroad.»
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Members of the far-left «squad» including Tlaib hold a press conference. (Getty Images)
Fox News Digital has reached out to Ramirez’s office, as well as several lawmakers who attended the summit.
In addition to immigration, speakers also voiced their views on the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir, Colombia’s deputy minister of multilateral affairs, praised Tlaib during his speech, calling her a «symbol of resistance,» which prompted a standing ovation once he finished speaking.
The summit was organized by the leader of Progressive International, a radical left-wing group that describes capitalism as a «virus» that must be «eradicated» — in partnership with Morena, Mexico’s ruling left-wing party, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported.
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Gerardo Fernández Noroña, president of the Mexican Senate and member of Morena, called out the «persecution» of migrants in the U.S. under the Trump administration.
He called it «unjust, infamous, incorrect persecution where just for being a migrant and just for your skin color or your nationality, you are persecuted.»
«They are not only imprisoned, but sent to a prison that has been banned since World War II, such as Alligator Alcatraz,» he said. «The United States government is grieving over drug use, but I haven’t seen a single raid like the one they carry out against migrants against people who sell drugs in the United States.»
In a TV interview before the event, David Adler, the general coordinator for Progressive International and one of the summit’s main coordinators, said the intention of the summit was to confront authoritarian and fascist threats and shift authority from Washington, D.C. to developing countries, the DCNF reported, in the Global South, a term used to describe a loose division of nations across different continents that are generally poorer, have high levels of inequity and harsher living conditions.
President-elect Donald Trump speaks at AmericaFest, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in Phoenix. The EPA said the letter was not representative of the Trump administration’s objectives. (Rick Scuteri)
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On its website, Progressive Internation described the U.S. as the «lynchpin of that imperial violence — a position it has carefully built over two centuries.»
The group cited U.S. military installations overseas and the massive Pentagon budget.
«US militarism sustains profound political tensions around the world. Its interventions have destroyed nation after nation, leaving a trail of violence and sorrow in their wake,» the website states. «Ending US militarism means saving lives.»
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Avanza la destrucción ambiental en Nicaragua: el régimen de Ortega entregó más de 100 mil hectáreas a la minería china en zonas protegidas
El régimen de Nicaragua otorgó en solo una semana tres concesiones mineras a cielo abierto a la empresa china Thomas Metal S.A., sumando más de 1.000 kilómetros cuadrados en la zona sur del país, específicamente en el departamento de Río San Juan, fronterizo con Costa Rica. Las concesiones fueron publicadas en el Diario Oficial La Gaceta y autorizadas por el Ministerio de Energía y Minas.
La última adjudicación corresponde al lote “El Castillo”, de 39.172 hectáreas, y fue oficializada este lunes. Se suma a otras dos: una de 47.410 hectáreas publicada el martes anterior y otra de 21.882 hectáreas del viernes. En total, el régimen entregó a la empresa china 108.464 hectáreas, en territorios que, según organizaciones ambientales, incluyen zonas protegidas y comunidades indígenas reconocidas por la legislación nacional.
De acuerdo con la ONG Fundación del Río, las tres concesiones se ubican dentro de la Reserva Biológica Indio Maíz, el Territorio Indígena Rama y Kriol, y el Refugio de Vida Silvestre Río San Juan, zonas que forman parte del corredor biológico mesoamericano.
La organización advierte que estos permisos violan la Ley del Régimen de Propiedad Comunal de los Pueblos Indígenas y que la actividad minera en estas áreas no cuenta con estudios ambientales independientes ni procesos de consulta previa con las comunidades afectadas.
La Fundación también señala que esta expansión minera se produce después de que el régimen derogara el reglamento que regulaba las áreas protegidas mediante la Ley de Áreas de Conservación Ambiental y Desarrollo Sostenible, aprobada el pasado 6 de mayo por la Asamblea Nacional. Esa legislación eliminó normas que restringían proyectos extractivos en territorios como Indio Maíz.
Además del impacto local, la ONG ha advertido sobre posibles consecuencias transfronterizas, debido a la cercanía de las concesiones con el territorio costarricense de Crucitas, donde ya se ha reportado un aumento de la minería ilegal. Según Fundación del Río, esta actividad podría estar facilitando rutas de comercio ilícito y presión ambiental sobre ecosistemas compartidos.
El avance de capitales chinos en el sector minero nicaragüense ha sido significativo. En los últimos dos años, el régimen ha entregado más de 20 concesiones a empresas chinas, que juntas suman más de 400.000 hectáreas. Hasta finales de 2023, Nicaragua había autorizado 299 concesiones mineras: 172 para minería metálica y 127 para no metálica, según registros oficiales.
En paralelo, las exportaciones mineras del país alcanzaron 1.391 millones de dólares en 2024, lo que representó un aumento del 20,1 % respecto al año anterior, según el Banco Central de Nicaragua. Estos datos reflejan el creciente peso del sector minero en la economía nacional, aunque sin que existan mecanismos públicos de control ambiental o redistribución equitativa de los beneficios.
Organizaciones como Fundación del Río han anunciado que, en colaboración con el centro de pensamiento Expediente Abierto, preparan un análisis sobre los intereses mineros chinos en Nicaragua. El estudio examinará el impacto de estos proyectos sobre el medio ambiente, los territorios indígenas y los equilibrios geopolíticos en Centroamérica.
Las concesiones mineras a cielo abierto en zonas protegidas, otorgadas sin transparencia ni estudios públicos, representan una nueva etapa en el modelo extractivo impuesto por el régimen de Ortega, que ha estrechado su alianza con China desde el rompimiento de relaciones con Taiwán en 2021. Mientras tanto, el desmantelamiento de normas ambientales y el silenciamiento de voces críticas agravan una situación que compromete no solo a Nicaragua, sino también a sus países vecinos.
(Con información de EFE)
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‘All-out war’: Fleeing Texas Dems side with Newsom as redistricting standoff continues: ‘fire with fire’
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he is ready to fight «fire with fire» as state Republican lawmakers try to enact redistricting in Texas, opposing the move though promising to pursue similar measures if needed.
At a press conference on Monday, Newsom said he supports independent redistricting, as well as a national framework, and a proposal being advanced in the legislature reinforces what he supports.
«The proposal that we’re advancing with the legislature has a trigger only if they move forward, to dismantling the protocols that are well-established,» the governor said. «Would the state of California move forward in kind? Fighting? Yes, fire with fire.»
When asked about a meeting between California Democrats on Sunday night, during which time they drafted or were almost done with the draft of redistricting maps, and whether he had seen those maps, Newsom said he had not.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he was ready to fight fire with fire if Texas lawmakers approve a measure to enact redistricting in the state. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
But he said there has been an ongoing series of conversations into the evening last night, which continued on Monday morning and will continue until Democrats land on a process.
«That process has to have the concurrence, the support of two-thirds of the legislature,» he said. «The maps, we believe, should be transparent. They should be provided in a transparent way to the public, and as a consequence, those maps are being processed and will be brought to light.»
At the end of the day, though, Newsom said the people of California will have the ultimate say.
«We will offer them the opportunity to make judgments for themselves, again, only if Texas moves forward,» Newsom said. «I’ll reinforce that we believe it should be a national model, independent national redistricting, and it would revert back to its original form, but it’s done in response to the existential realities that we’re now facing. Things have changed, facts have changed, so we must change.»
HOCHUL VOWS TO ‘FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE’ ON REDISTRICTING WHILE HOSTING TEXAS DEMOCRATS WHO FLED STATE
Newsom and Trump face off (Pool)
«They’ve triggered this response and we’re not going to roll over and we’re going to fight fire with fire, but we’re going to do so not just punching with the weight of the fourth largest economy, the most populous state in our union, the size of 21 state populations combined,» he continued. «We also will punch above our weight in terms of the impact of what we’re doing, and I think that should be absorbed by those in the Texas delegation. Whatever they are doing will be neutered here in the state of California, and they will pay that price.»
California GOP Chairwoman Corrin Rankin told Fox News Digital that Newsom’s actions could threaten the constitutional rights of Californians while also setting a dangerous precedent.
«While Governor Newsom frames this redistricting as a defensive move, it undermines California’s nationally respected, voter-approved Citizens Redistricting Commission, and if successful, sets a dangerous precedent that voters’ choices can be overruled whenever politicians find it politically convenient,» Rankin said. «Our primary concern is safeguarding Californians’ constitutional rights against partisan manipulation disguised as defending democracy; true democracy means empowering voters, not politicians, to decide representation.»
Dozens of Texas Democrats fled their state and went to Chicago and New York on Sunday night in an effort to block a redistricting vote on Monday.
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Texas Democrats stood next to Illinois lawmakers on Aug. 4, 2025, to oppose redistricting measures proposed by Texas Republicans. (Fox News)
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has since threatened to arrest and expel the lawmakers if they do not return by Monday afternoon.
Shortly after Abbott released his statement, the Texas House Democratic Caucus issued a simple response, writing: «Come and take it.»
The statement also described Republicans’ proposed districts, which would potentially secure five new GOP U.S. House seats in next year’s midterm elections, as a «racist mid-decade redistricting scheme.»
Abbott criticized the Democrats’ dramatic departure, saying that «real Texans don’t run from a fight.»
On Monday evening, Illinois lawmakers hosted Texas Democrats for a press conference, during which time none of the lawmakers took a single question from the press.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott looks on during a news conference on March 15, 2023 in Austin, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Still, Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., welcomed her colleagues and said they could stay as long as they wanted because they believed in what they were doing.
«What you’re doing and what…they’re trying to do in Texas affects you guys, but it affects the whole country,» she said. «When you want to remove five Democrats…that hurts us in the House.»
She explained that when there are not enough Democrats, things like the Big Beautiful Bill, or as she referred to it as «the Big Ugly Bill,» and other Republican initiatives get through.
«They are trying to destroy our democracy, destroy fairness in our country,» Kelly said. «And unfortunately, they’re starting with Texas. But we want you to know, we stand by your side.»
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., accused Abbott of not stepping up for the people affected by devastating floods in the Hill Country region of Texas.
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U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) answers questions during a news conference about the recent Congressional delegation trip to the Indo-Pacific region, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. August 10, 2022. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo)
Specifically, he accused Abbott of not having a special session to help families rebuild, but instead of doing «the bidding» of President Donald Trump to «banish Democrats» from the federal delegation.
Krishnamoorthi then directed his comments to Abbott, saying, «don’t mess with Texas,» because the people standing with him represent Texas.
«You can silence them. You can smear them. You can saddle them with debts and fins. But you cannot intimidate them,» Krishnamoorthi said. «You can gerrymander the hell out of that map. Guess what? Two can play that game. That’s right. Other states will do exactly the same thing and neutralize what you’re trying to do in Texas.»
Other lawmakers standing side-by-side in Illinois chose to accuse Trump’s policies of being race-driven.
Texas State Rep. Ana-Maria Rodriguez Ramos said Trump’s policies hurt working families.
«That is nothing short of racism,» she said. «He is coming after all of us who don’t look like him and his Republican colleagues in the Texas House.»
Trump gives his joint address to Congress and is interrupted by Rep Al Green protesting his cuts to multiple government programs. March 4th (AP)
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, followed Rodriguez Ramos with more accusations of racism, saying Republicans are doing what Trump has insisted be done.
«I want you to know that we didn’t introduce the race card when this message was sent by and through the Justice Department to the State of Texas, to our attorney general,» he said. «They mentioned the race card because they talked about racial gerrymandering. They brought it up, and when they brought it up, they did it, knowing that this was a buzz word. It was a trigger.»
«They know that that’s a buzz word that people would respond to in Texas, but we are going to respond to that buzz word by telling them that your racism is not going to change democracy in the state of Texas,» Green continued. «In the United States of America, racism is going to be met with our taking a stand for democracy. You take a stand for racism, we will stand for democracy, and we will win.»
Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Texas, said she was pleased that states like California and New York were standing up for Texas Democrats because, once it happens in Texas, it will spread to other states.
She called the issue a «national war,» and «an all-out war» in which everything is on the table.
«We come from a state of great pride, and I never thought as a Texan, as an elected member of the Texas House of Representatives and now as an elected member from Texas to the United States House of Representatives, that I would see the governor of the proud state of Texas bend a knee to a felon from New York,» Johnson added. «I never thought I’d see the day, but here we are.»
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, was also standing with fellow Democrats in Illinois and accused Abbott of talking «a lot of noise.» She also accused Republicans of being «weak.»
«The difference is they expect Democrats to kind of be the nice guys that we are,» Crockett said. «They expect us to take the punch and say thank you. Well, I am here to tell you not only are we going to punch back, but we about to beat you down.»
Still, Abbott told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday that Texas is doing what it is allowed to do by law.
He also accused state Democrats of doing something «un-Texas» by turning their back on Texans and not dealing with the flooding issues still echoing across the state.
Abbott said four of the five seats that could change because of redistricting will be primarily Hispanic.
«These are seats where Democrats are having to come to grips with reality,» he said, explaining that Democrats are losing votes to Hispanics and Black voters in Texas.
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He also said Democrats are «freaking out» because they are realizing Texas has the authority to redistrict.
«Texas will continue to fight for what is right,» Abbott said.
Fox News Digital’s Anders Hagstrom and Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.
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