The ship's arrival in various ports being accompanied by protests and demonstrations by local political groups and Chilean exiles.

Chilean exiles in Argentina were threatened again, and had to go into hiding or seek refuge in a third country.

In that capacity, he defended several human rights cases, including cases involving Chilean exiles or the murder of Orlando Letelier.

But for one Chilean exile, Andres Valenzuela, Thursday will be much like any other day - long, boring and lonely.

Other Chilean exiles in France still find it hard to accept him.

Or maybe it was because, as a refugee in Buenos Aires, he lent money and gave other help to Chilean exiles.

Since most of the Chilean exiles were Marxists or secular liberals, they generally are not active church members.

They had contacts with other Chilean exiles and a sense of identity from their shared commitment to a democratic Chile.

The unlikely collaboration between the Chilean exile and the wildly eclectic Texas troupe has a complicated history.

Since the general's arrest, Chilean exiles around Europe have moved to bring additional murder and rights charges against him.