09 June 2010

CHILE/ARGENTINA: Ambassador Resigns After Uproar Over Pinochet Remarks.

AP/ GOOGLE/      Chile's ambassador to Argentina, Miguel Otero, 79, resigned after making favorable comments about the military rule of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. Otero believed that most Chileans had NOT suffered under military rule and that Chile would be another Cuba if President Allende not been overthrown in 1973. Otera's recent appointment was seen as a token gift by new President Sebastian Pinera to hardliners in the coalition that returned conservatives to power after 20 years.