DATE=10/20/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-240463
TITLE=PINOCHET / LATAM (L ONLY)
BYLINE=GEORGE MEEK
DATELINE=RIO DE JANEIRO
CONTENT=
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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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