Daniel Jadue and the Trials of Chile’s Left

Daniel Jadue and the Trials of Chile’s Left

When I arrived at Daniel Jadue’s doorstep in a residential Santiago neighborhood, the Chilean communist greeted me at the front door in his sandals. I thanked him for welcoming me to his home. “It’s not like I have much of a choice,” he said with a hearty laugh. Jadue, after all, can’t leave this location. The one-story home has been Jadue’s prison since Sept. 2, 2024, when a judge ordered his house arrest. The former mayor of Recoleta, a workin…