Known perhaps as Latin America's most notorious dictator for his iron-fisted regime in Chile (1973-1990), Augusto Pinochet died on Dec. 10, aged 91. He faced numerous lawsuits for human rights violations and corruption, but he will never know what the verdicts would have been. The Chilean army paid him homage, but the administration of Michelle Bachelet denied him a funeral with presidential honours. Pinochet will never be convicted in court. The courtroom of history has yet to issue its final verdict.