Ariel Dorfman, BBC News, October 6, 1999. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
“

I think the Pinochet trial has forced us look one another in the face … to speak to one another, to understand the past and understand that time is not going to solve the problem. In a way it has been a victory for the dead of Chile.

— Ariel Dorfman

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I think the Pinochet trial has forced us look one another in the face … to speak to one another, to understand the past and understand that time is not going to solve the problem. In a way it has been a victory for the dead of Chile." in the context of "Ariel Dorfman, BBC News, October 6, 1999. Retrieved September 21, 2013." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Quote Image
Source: Wikiquote: "Augusto Pinochet" (Quotes about Pinochet) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
Augusto Pinochet

About Augusto Pinochet

Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (November 25, 1915 – December 10, 2006) was a general and de facto head of state of Chile. He led a military junta to power in 1973 through a coup d'état, deposing the elected Socialist president Salvador Allende and establishing a military dictatorship.