This news from Chile: president Ricardo Lagos has announced a plan to pay compensation to thousands of families who had relatives killed during the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet.

Pinochet oversaw the killing of at least 3000 Chileans during his reign as well as many others which lasted from 1973 to 1990. His coup was backed by then-President Nixon and Secretary of State National Security Advisor, Henry Kissinger.