New research from North Carolina State University will help medical examiners and others identify human remains of those killed during the recent earthquake in Chile, as well as the bodies of the “disappeared” who were killed during the Pinochet administration.

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A former soldier has been charged in the 1973 slaying of internationally renowned Chilean folk singer Victor Jara, authorities say. Judge Juan Fuentes charged Jose Paredes, 54, Tuesday in the nearly 36-year-old case, Inter Press Service reported.

By Alexei Barrionuevo Pascale Bonnefoy and Tomas Munita contributed reporting. * It is just after 5 p.m. in what was once one of Latin America's most sexually conservative countries, and the youth of Chile are bumping and grinding to a reggaeton beat.

By Barry Gaines For the Journal "Death and the Maiden" reflects a specific time and place in playwright Ariel Dorfman's experience, but the bold questions and challenges it raises are at the heart of Greek tragedy as well.