Chile President Pinera to ask Obama for Pinochet files
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has said he will formally ask the US for classified intelligence documents on human rights violations during the rule of Gen Augusto Pinochet.
Mr Pinera was speaking a day after US President Barack Obama said he would consider any Chilean requests.
Mr Obama - who was visiting Chile - ducked a request that he apologise for US support for Gen Pinochet.
More than 3,000 Chileans were killed under military rule in 1973-90.
More than 1,000 human rights cases are still unresolved, and hundreds are being investigated by Chile's independent judiciary....
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Mr Pinera was speaking a day after US President Barack Obama said he would consider any Chilean requests.
Mr Obama - who was visiting Chile - ducked a request that he apologise for US support for Gen Pinochet.
More than 3,000 Chileans were killed under military rule in 1973-90.
More than 1,000 human rights cases are still unresolved, and hundreds are being investigated by Chile's independent judiciary....