Maybe he should read the article which he forwarded with a bit more attention:
> Mr Lagos is an opponent of the
> former military dictator, and was
> imprisoned briefly by the general
> in the mid-1980s.
>
> He supported efforts to get General Pinochet
> released from detention in London, saying he should
> be tried in Chile.
It seems then that Lagos' election platform OPPOSED the prosecution of Pinochet in the West. So maybe people in Chile actually do know a bit more than Burford about the real implications of the glorious new era of "international civil rights law" - that it means yet further space for the West to interfere in the affairs of their country. In true positive colonialist style Burford will however continue to know what's best for them.
Russell