+ washingtonpost.com - Chile +

Chile ...

Last Update: Sat Sep 30 07:26:59 2006

+ WORLD IN BRIEF + Chilean Interior Minister Likely to Head OAS SANTIAGO, Chile -- The Chilean interior minister, Jose Miguel Insulza, was [...] of the Organization of American States following the withdrawal of Luis Ernesto Derbez, the Mexican foreign secretary, from the race.

+ A Heady Experience + Anakena Beach is a glittering little palm-fringed cove where families picnic beside the white sand. As one of my fellow visitors ...

+ OAS Deadlocks In Election of Chief + The Organization of American States, stymied by a six-month leadership vacuum, failed to choose a new chief yesterday as its members ...

+ A Safety Net With Some Holes + SANTIAGO, Chile -- As Eugenio Pumarino studied investment options for his state-sponsored private pension account, the 71-year-old ...

+ Chile's Pragmatist Embraces Different Brand of Socialism + COQUIMBO, Chile -- Walking along a dirt road in this northern coastal town last week, President Ricardo Lagos was serenaded by a [...] Turning a corner, he encountered a second ensemble of cellists and violinists, playing just loud enough to overpower the first.

+ 6 U.S. Banks Held Pinochet's Accounts + Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet had more than 125 accounts at a half-dozen U.S. banks, including Citibank, during the 1990s, ...

+ Chile Honors Women, One In Particular + SANTIAGO, Chile, March 8 -- It was supposed to be a moment of silence at a ceremony in the presidential palace Tuesday marking ...

+ Bolivian President Offers His Resignation + SANTIAGO, Chile, March 7 -- Bolivian President Carlos Mesa, facing massive protests that threaten to cripple a nation already ...

+ Riggs, PNC Settle Lawsuit Brought by Shareholders + Riggs National Corp. and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. agreed to pay $2.7 million to shareholders to settle a class-action ...

+ Drafts Show Allbritton's Pursuit of Pinochet + When Joe L. Allbritton was chief executive of Riggs Bank, he received personal gifts from Augusto Pinochet and wanted the former ...

+ Allbrittons, Riggs to Pay Victims of Pinochet + Riggs Bank and two members of the bank's controlling Allbritton family agreed Friday to pay $9 million to victims of former Chilean ...

+ Chile's Rights and Corruption Probes Dimming Pinochet's Legacy + The Eternal Flame of Liberty, christened by Gen. Augusto Pinochet in 1975, was one of the most visible monuments to his dictatorship. ...

+ Riggs, PNC Reach New Merger Agreement + The merger was abruptly revived Thursday, clearing the way for the demise of what was once Washington's premier bank after a ...

+ Riggs, PNC Continue Negotiations + Riggs National Corp. and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. remained "well apart" yesterday in negotiations over a purchase price for ...

+ Riggs Bank Agrees to Guilty Plea and Fine + Riggs Bank Thursday admitted it was criminally liable for failing to take adequate measures to prevent potential money laundering by ...

+ U.S. Regulators Investigate Chilean Bank + A major bank in Chile reported yesterday that U.S. regulators are investigating whether its two branches in the United States have ...

+ Riggs Directors Silent As Scandal Unfolded + In October 2002, the directors of Riggs Bank received an internal memorandum listing $1.9 million in suspicious cash withdrawals by ...

+ Chilean Court Upholds Indictment of Pinochet + Chile's Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the indictment and house arrest of Gen. Augusto Pinochet for nine kidnappings and one homicide ...

+ Legal Momentum Gathers in Chile Against Pinochet + SANTIAGO, Chile -- In the long struggle to seek justice for victims of human rights abuses committed during 17 years of military rule [...] the country's Supreme Court is said to be ready to announce Monday whether the ailing ex-general will finally be brought to court.

+ Job Provision Born of Riggs Scandal + Congress's newly passed intelligence bill contains a provision adopted in response to the Riggs Bank scandal: It requires senior ...