Chile’s far-right government rips up plan for memorial at Pinochet torture site

New administration reverses expropriation of property founded by ex-Nazi Paul Schäfer, leaving victims in limboWith its Germanic crosses and colourful toy-town facades, the village square of the tiny Chilean settlement of Villa Baviera gives little indication of the horrors of its past.Until 1991, this cattle town of a few hundred people was a compound known as Colonia Dignidad. Its leader,…

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