If you need a reminder of the crimes of the Pinochet regime, which both Thatcher and the Vatican begged the Blair government to turn a blind eye toward, consider the account of Luz de las Nieves Ayress, a 25-year-old graduate student, who was arrested by Pino…

Shooter’s, Portland, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair.
“There is laughter because there is nothing to laugh at.”
Theodor Adorno
Lets consider the tale of two extraditions.
On October 16, 1998, L…