Acclaimed Chilean novelist Dorfman (Blake's Therapy, etc.) offers a work slim but dense with emotion. The author follows the appeals, victories and defeats involved in Spain's, and then Chile's own, ...

In Ariel Dorfman’s chilling account, Patricio Guijón, a physician present during the storming of Chile’s presidential palace, calls Sept. 11 “the most dramatic day in Chilean history.” For South ...

The mention of September 11, 2001, sets off many emotions around the world. But another September 11 is especially haunting for Chileans. A military coup on that day in 1973 overthrew President ...

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER: Raymont has produced and directed more than 100 films and series, including the 2007 Emmy- and Sundance-winning “Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire.” ...

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the election of socialist President Salvador Allende in Chile, a significant moment in the history of political revolutions. We speak with Chilean American author, ...

Ariel Dorfman paused and looked up from the book he was reading. “Any relationship to today is meant so,” he said, a bit playfully. “I’m hopeful, but wary… because I’ve seen defeat,” Dorfman said of ...