Long shadows
POLITICAL chicanery, or a legitimate government attempt to end a damaging diplomatic row? The latest turn in the case against General Augusto Pinochet is Chile's suggestion that Spain should agree to “amicable” bilateral arbitration—and so drop its bid to have the former Chilean dictator extradited from Britain to face trial for murder and torture. This has once again exposed contradictory attitudes to the case, intimately linked to Spain's own painful history.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Long shadows”
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Ukraine’s warriors brace for a Kremlin surge in the south
Vladimir Putin’s war machine is pushing harder and crushing Ukrainian morale
Vladimir Putin fires a new missile to amplify his nuclear threats
The attack on Ukraine is part of a new era of missile warfare
A rise in antisemitism puts Europe’s liberal values to the test
The return of Europe’s oldest scourge
Once dominant, Germany is now desperate
As an election looms its business model is breaking down