Uruguay has convicted a serving general for dictatorship-era human rights violations for the first time. General Miguel Dalmao was sentenced to 28 years in prison for the death of a communist professor.His defence lawyer, Miguel Langon, told AP on Thursday that he had already appealed against the verdict, calling the evidence "invented" and saying his client was being blamed for the crimes of a bygone era."This is speculation, 40 years later," he said. "A criminal trial is completely different Read more [...]