Ganja Bonanza

182 marijuana plants found at General Pinochet's ex-summer holiday home, a grand estate at Los Boldos? This place was supposedly an extravagant resort-style retreat in the countryside, laden with plush luxuries, but these days has fallen into a sorry state of disrepair, as is if nobody wants to claim it for shame that such a bloody murderer was able to see out his final days bathing in the warm sun and eating fruit from his orchard.

The dictator's ashes were spread here and it seems to me there's a kind of sweet irony in the fact that the very same land has since producing copious amounts of herb. Can't imagine he'd be too pleased if he knew that.

Anyway, I reckon the government should take this place over and convert it into an activities centre for disadvantaged kids from Santiago. They won't of course but it'd be a fine image of the supposed new Chile.

Here's the link to The Guardian's article:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/07/chile-pinochet?INTCMP=SRCH