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Lingering Sex Scandal in Chile Still Roils and Divides the Political Heirs of Pinochet "Claudio Spiniak, center, has been accused of running a prostitution and child pornography ring in Chile. The case has split Chile's right-wing political parties and led to a bill to limit news coverage of such scandals. By LARRY ROHTER 8/8/04 Santiago, Chile - For Chile's right wing, it has become the scandal that refuses to go away. Though the "Caso Claudio Spiniak" began as a squalid sexual matter, it has been transformed into a political issue that has divided supporters of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and pitted them against an increasingly combative news media. The scandal has been agitating Chile since late last year, when María Pía Guzmán, a conservative member of Congress, denounced what she described as a prostitution and child pornography ring and accused Mr. Spiniak, the nouveau riche owner of a string of health clubs, of leading it. She said that some of her own political allies were involved. "There is evidence that within the intimate circle of Spiniak's network, there are politicians," she said, citing accounts that she said she had heard at a shelter for sexually abused youths. In the latest round of accusations, made public in July, people identified as procurers for the ring have implicated as clients the mayor of a large city and a Roman Catholic bishop renowned for his opposition to the Pinochet dictatorship. Both men have denied any involvement in the sex ring, but in a poll taken early this year, three-quarters of those surveyed said they believed that politicians were involved. Mr. Spiniak, through his lawyer, has denied that he headed such a ring. A total of 18 criminal investigations are under way, with at least a half dozen more expected to be opened soon. Last month, the investigative judge in charge of the case, Sergio Muñoz, ruled that there were sufficient grounds to move ahead with the inquiries and formal indictments of Mr. Spiniak and others the judge deemed to be members of an "illicit association."" http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/08/international/americas/08chile.html?pagewanted=all&position=
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/080904Y.shtml
Casualty Ward
By Mike Lee
ABCNEWS.com
Sunday 08 August 2004
U.S. medical center handles thousands of trauma cases from Iraq war.
These are real doctors and nurses at the Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany, facing horrors seldom seen by the American public - already over 12,000 battlefield casualties from Iraq.
Their patients speak with tension in their faces. Not even the pain killers can stop all of the throbbing of their injuries.
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