For 50 years Joan Jara sought justice for her husband murdered during a coup in Chile in 1973. On Sunday, the 96-year-old woman, a one-time British dancer who became the wife of Chilean folk singer ...

ORLANDO, Fla., June 27 (UPI) --A former top lieutenant to Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was ordered Monday to pay nearly $30 million for causing the death of a popular folk singer and activist ...

ORLANDO — Joan Jara testified Monday in a federal court in Orlando that her husband was very active in politics and conveyed his messages for social change through his songs. Jara, 88, is the wife of ...

ORLANDO — A jury on Monday concluded that a Deltona man, a former Chilean army lieutenant, was responsible for the torture and murder of popular folk singer Victor Jara and ordered the ex-commander to ...

SANTIAGOSANTIAGO — Joan Jara, activista británica de derechos humanos, bailarina y viuda de Víctor Jara — el cantautor chileno que fue asesinado durante la dictadura — falleció el domingo a los 96 ...

An ex-military Chilean lieutenant living in Deltona was arrested by federal authorities and will be extradited to Chile to face murder and torture charges in the killing of a popular folk artist in ...

In Florida, a jury has found former Chilean army officer Pedro Barrientos liable for the murder of legendary folk singer and activist Víctor Jara in September 1973. In the days after dictator Augusto ...

Miami, 21 jun (EFEUSA).Miami, 21 jun (EFEUSA). — La defensa de Pedro Barrientos ha enfatizado que el exmilitar chileno desconocía al icónico cantautor chileno Víctor Jara, lo mismo que las torturas y ...

Off all the atrocities that occurred during the first days of Chile’s military dictatorship in the 1970s, the murder of folk singer Victor Jara stands out as one of the most tragic and gruesome. Jara ...

The family of Victor Jara, the famous Chilean folk singer who was among the first victims of the country’s military coup in 1973, has filed a lawsuit in Florida against the former army officer it ...

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