Kissinger's unwavering support for brutal regimes still haunts Latin America
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FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger greets Argentina's Foreign Minister, Alberto J. Vignes, as Ismael Huerta Diaz, right, foreign ministers of Chile, looks on during break in Latin Foreign Ministers Conference in Mexico City, Feb. 22, 1974. Leftists in Chile were tortured during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and in Argentina, many were "disappeared" by members of the brutal military dictatorship that held detainees in concentration camps. It all happened with the endorsement of Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state. Many countries were scarred deeply during the Cold War by human rights abuses inflicted in the name of anti-communism and where many still harbor a deep distrust of their powerful neighbor to the north. (AP Photo/Ed Kolenovsky, File)Chile's President Salvador Allende in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 26,1973. Leftists in Chile were tortured during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, and in Argentina, many were "disappeared" by members of the brutal military dictatorship that held detainees in concentration camps. It all happened with the endorsement of Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state. Many countries were scarred deeply during the Cold War by human rights abuses inflicted in the name of anti-communism and where many still harbor a deep distrust of their powerful neighbor to the north. (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia , File)FILE - Gen. Augusto Pinochet, head of he Santiago, Chile military garrison, announces measures for the state of emergency installed by the government after rioting in downtown Santiago last night and this morning, Dec. 2, 1971. Leftists in Chile were tortured during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and in Argentina, many were "disappeared" by members of the brutal military dictatorship that held detainees in concentration camps. It all happened with the endorsement of Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state. Many countries were scarred deeply during the Cold War by human rights abuses inflicted in the name of anti-communism and where many still harbor a deep distrust of their powerful neighbor to the north. (AP Photo/Bill Nicholson, File)FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger shakes hands with Chile's Foreign Minister Ismale Huerta Diaz during break in Latin Foreign Ministers Conference in Mexico City, Feb. 22, 1974. Leftists in Chile were tortured during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and in Argentina, many were "disappeared" by members of the brutal military dictatorship that held detainees in concentration camps. It all happened with the endorsement of Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state. Many countries were scarred deeply during the Cold War by human rights abuses inflicted in the name of anti-communism and where many still harbor a deep distrust of their powerful neighbor to the north. (AP Photo/Ed Kolenovsky, File)FILE - Mexican President Luis Echeverria congratulates Secretary of State Henry Kissinger after Kissinger's speech before the Latin American Foreign Ministers conference in Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 1974. Leftists in Chile were tortured during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and in Argentina, many were "disappeared" by members of the brutal military dictatorship that held detainees in concentration camps. It all happened with the endorsement of Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state. Many countries were scarred deeply during the Cold War by human rights abuses inflicted in the name of anti-communism and where many still harbor a deep distrust of their powerful neighbor to the north. (AP Photo, File)FILE - Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger hosts a luncheon at the State Department for guests and Latin American Foreign Ministers in Washington, April 17, 1974. Leftists in Chile were tortured during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and in Argentina, many were "disappeared" by members of the brutal military dictatorship that held detainees in concentration camps. It all happened with the endorsement of Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state. Many countries were scarred deeply during the Cold War by human rights abuses inflicted in the name of anti-communism and where many still harbor a deep distrust of their powerful neighbor to the north. (AP Photo, File)FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, embraces Argentine foreign minister Alberto J. Vignes as they say goodbye at the end of the Latin foreign ministers conference in Mexico City, Feb. 23, 1974. Leftists in Chile were tortured during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and in Argentina, many were "disappeared" by members of the brutal military dictatorship that held detainees in concentration camps. It all happened with the endorsement of Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state. Many countries were scarred deeply during the Cold War by human rights abuses inflicted in the name of anti-communism and where many still harbor a deep distrust of their powerful neighbor to the north. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger greets Argentina's Foreign Minister, Alberto J. Vignes, as Ismael Huerta Diaz, right, foreign ministers of Chile, looks on during break in Latin Foreign Ministers Conference in Mexico City, Feb. 22, 1974. Leftists in Chile were tortured during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and in Argentina, many were "disappeared" by members of the brutal military dictatorship that held detainees in concentration camps. It all happened with the endorsement of Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state. Many countries were scarred deeply during the Cold War by human rights abuses inflicted in the name of anti-communism and where many still harbor a deep distrust of their powerful neighbor to the north. (AP Photo/Ed Kolenovsky, File)