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Bachelet to visit torture camp | Bachelet to visit torture camp |
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Chilean President Michelle Bachelet will visit the detention centre where she was tortured in the 1970s. | Chilean President Michelle Bachelet will visit the detention centre where she was tortured in the 1970s. |
President Bachelet was held at Villa Grimaldi, a house on the outskirts of the capital Santiago, with her mother in 1975 during Augusto Pinochet's rule. | President Bachelet was held at Villa Grimaldi, a house on the outskirts of the capital Santiago, with her mother in 1975 during Augusto Pinochet's rule. |
Villa Grimaldi is now a memorial to the hundreds of prisoners who were tortured by the Chilean secret police there. | Villa Grimaldi is now a memorial to the hundreds of prisoners who were tortured by the Chilean secret police there. |
Under General Pinochet's government about 3,000 people were "disappeared" or killed for alleged communist links. | Under General Pinochet's government about 3,000 people were "disappeared" or killed for alleged communist links. |
The former leader is currently facing a series of human rights charges related to his time in office. | The former leader is currently facing a series of human rights charges related to his time in office. |
President Bachelet has generally played down her past as a victim of the military government. | President Bachelet has generally played down her past as a victim of the military government. |
Her father, an air force general, was killed by Gen Pinochet's government for opposing the coup which brought him to power. | Her father, an air force general, was killed by Gen Pinochet's government for opposing the coup which brought him to power. |
On Wednesday Ms Bachelet also said she does not believe a military cooperation agreement between neighbouring Bolivia and Venezuela posed a threat to Chile's national security. |
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