Well, hoping to jab his pen one last time between History's unsuspecting pages, Pinochet has released a posthumous letter in which he is hardly repentant, but alternates between praising himself and fondly reminiscing over his past drastic deeds and feeling sorry for himself!

Pinochet said in his letter that the circumstances of many of the deaths and disappearances will never be known.

'I state that I am proud of the huge action that we had to undertake to prevent Marxism-Leninism from reaching total power,' Pinochet wrote.

—AP article

In the end, Pinochet's self-image was that of a lonely and...somewhat suprised exile.

My destiny is a kind of banishment and loneliness that I would have never imagined, much less wanted.

—AP article

My heart is bleeding for him, you know? Poor fella.

Hey. Here's a free download of Companiero Presidente, a moving Chilean tribute to Salvador Allende. user: guest/pw:porfavor The whole song is great, but listen beginning at about 2:54 if you want to hear one determined Latina. The tongue! Cuidado, Imperialistas!

There. Sorry, Pinochet. One thing a dead man cannot have is the last word. You've had your way quite enough, anyway.