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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thank you.

The guardian article is also the second result for "Jonathan Powell pinochet" on google.

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

Sure thing, the lengths some people will go to to defend their cognitive dissonance is ridiculous..

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All the article states is that Powell had meetings with the chief of press for President Frei's government... the government that indicted and arrested Pinochet.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

The government that engineered his escape from standing trial for genocide, then indicted him for "kidnapping" only to dismiss the case.