"and that adulation was given in what context Christmas?"
It was given in the context of a mass murderer being held under house arrest in order to be brought to justice.
The fact that his Junta gave support to an ex-colonial power's fight to hold on to one of its former colonies of the South American coast alters that fact not one iota.
Thatcher described Pinochet's butchery as her ideal of democracy - there, but for the grace of her Christian god, went us all, had she got her way.
Sorry - didn't get the point of you last question mark - do you challenge that that is exactly what he did
PINOCHET'S MASSACRES
Any quibble on the actuel numbers - thousands 'disappeared from his torture chambers, never to be found again.
You might remember that Victor Jara was one of those - on the other hand, you might choose to ignore it.
Jim Carroll