The unprecedented global media attention drawn by the Chilean mining story needs to look at the bigger picture - the criminal practices of the global mining industry.
The international human rights movement helped to bring General Pinochet to justice for his crimes whilst dictator of Chile. Yet there is no similar movement demanding accountability for the US officials involved in illegal torture practices since 11 September 2001.
When FBI agents interviewed me hours later and asked me who might have done the dirty deed, I replied “DINA.” The agent asked: “Do you know her last name?”
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