. >> >> translation: it was like a kind of scits freenia, a kind of bipolar era. we lived in harsh times. the media showed a country that did not exist, apart from in the imaginations of those in power. >> chile, which had been a model latin america democracy since 1981 lived through a nightmare. 32 opponents of the regime were killed or disappeared. an estimated 28,000 were arrested. there was systematic torture, one study put the number of chileans who fled the regime at 200,000 or 2% of the population. when augusto pinochet stepped aside in 1991, replaced by a civil government, he maintained control of the military. his shadow loomed over the country and the adjournists. >> it was like nothing happened. there was almost denial. human rights was almost in the past tense, historic historical. people did not want to disclose even they they had freedom. >> translation: in the "90s telling the truth was complicated. augusto pinochet was no longer president but was the head of the military and had a huge amount of power and was clear on reported. >> in 1998 augusto p

. >> >> translation: it was like a kind of scits freenia, a kind of bipolar era. we lived in harsh times. the media showed a country that did not exist, apart from in the imaginations of those in power. >> chile, which had been a model latin america democracy since 1981 lived through a nightmare. 32 opponents of the regime were killed or disappeared. an estimated 28,000 were arrested. there was systematic torture, one study put the number of chileans who fled the regimet 200,000 or 2% of the population. when augusto pinochet stepped aside in 1991, replaced by a civil government, he maintained control of the military. his shadow loomed over the country and the adjournists. >> it was likeothi happened. there was almost denial. human rights was almost in the past tense, historic historical. people did not want to disclose even they they had freedom. >> translation: in the "90s telling the truth was complicated. augusto pinochet was no longer president but was the head of the military and had a huge amount of power and was clear on what could and could not be reported