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Dec 2021
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From the archive: Latin America’s Schind...

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We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2016:Under General Pinochet’s rule of terror in Chile, one man saved thousands of people from the dictator’s brutal secret police. How did Roberto Kozak do it – and escape death? By Ewen MacAskill and Jonathan Franklin. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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