IR You seek to ridicule my reference to the claimed presence of 17, 000 Cubans at the time of the military coup in Chile.

ECONOMIST: Net value

The march was held as Chile prepares to remember the military coup that deposed the elected socialist president, Salvador Allende, on 11 September 1973.

BBC: Chile march to honour Pinochet victims ends in violence

If the decision goes against General Pinochet, hardly anyone in Chile seriously expects the army to launch another coup, even though the top brass, who served under him for 25 years, are extremely upset about his arrest.

ECONOMIST: Breaking the general��s spell