MADRID Spain AP Chilean Foreign Minister Jose Miguel Insulza said Tuesday a Spanish judge's attempt to extradite Augusto Pinochet has polarized his homeland but does not pose a threat to Chilean democracy. Insulza began a round of talks Tuesday with Spanish officials attempting to convince them to drop the extradition request so Pinochet can go home. The foreign minister came here Monday after a four-day visit to Britain where he tried to persuade the Labor Party government not to extradite the 83-year-old former dictator. Insulza met Tuesday morning with Luis Lopez Supreme Court vice president and Juan Ignacio Barrero president of the Senate and was scheduled to meet later in the day with Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and Foreign Minister Abel Matutes. ``Democratic stability in Chile is not at risk'' Insulza said after his meeting with Barrero but urged a quick solution because ``it's affecting my country very much.'' Shortly after arriving in Madrid Monday Insulza said that the political climate in Spain would make a fair trial for Pinochet impossible. Insulza said Pinochet could be tried in Chile if he is allowed to go home. Pinochet has immunity from prosecution in Chile. Critics say that even if this were lifted he would appear before a military court packed with his supporters. Acting on a Spanish judge's request police arrested Pinochet on Oct. 16 at a London clinic where he was recuperating from an operation. He faces charges of murder torture and genocide in Spain. British Home Secretary Jack Straw has 10 more days to decide whether to go ahead with extradition proceedings. A Chilean government report says 3197 people were murdered or disappeared at the hands of the police after Pinochet seized power in a military coup that toppled democratically elected President Salvador Allende. mr/krt APW19981201.1103.txt.body.html APW19981201.1117.txt.body.html