Augusto Pinochet

J.D. Vance has written a blurb for a book by a conspiracy writer.

Vance Backs Conspiracy Theorist Book Calling Left ‘Unhuman’

Donald Trump’s running mate has never been one to run from controversy and now he is endorsing a new book by a well-known conspiracy theorist.

David Gardner

THE COUNT

‘El Conde’: What If Chilean Dictator Pinochet Was a Vampire?

Director Pablo Larraín’s latest film premiered at the Venice Film Festival, creating an alternate universe in which the Chilean tyrant is still alive as a 250-year-old bloodsucker.

Nick Schager

LITERALLY PLAGUING US

Trump’s ‘Weird Sh*t’ Is Rotting Our Democracy

Most Americans realize this “weird shit,” as President Bush remarked about Trump’s inaugural, is no longer fleeting bizarreness. It is the making of an un-American America.

Alexander Heffner

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WOMEN’S HEALTH

Cracks in Chile’s Draconian Abortion Law

The Latin American country is one of only six in the world that forbids abortion even in cases of rape and incest—but a new bill could legalize the practice in extreme cases.

Anna Lekas Miller

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The People's Pope

Is Francis Really Fighting Perv Priests?

The pope’s disparaging remarks about an abuse scandal have survivors wondering whether he’s really committed to eliminating predator priests.

Jason Berry

Dark Time

In Chile, Poetry Outlives the Dictators

Memories of the dictator Pinochet’s murderous barbarism linger still in Chile, but the poems of Pinochet’s enemy Pablo Neruda lives like it was written yesterday.

Jay Parini