Riggsmarole
A venerable institution falls from grace and is taken over
AFTER years of unsuccessful attempts to prosecute Augusto Pinochet, former military dictator of Chile, for human-rights abuses during his 17-year rule, Chilean prosecutors have changed tack. On July 20th, armed with a report released last week by a committee of America's Senate, Chile launched its first formal probe into its ex-ruler's finances.
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