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Chile can’t forget Pinochet’s coup: a Carabinero killed, hundreds of protestors injured and arrested
A Carabinero was shot dead, scores of people were injured and 255 others arrested in violent protests marking the 39th anniversary of the military coup that toppled Chilean elected Socialist president Salvador Allende in 1973, reported the Ministry of Interior on Wednesday. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWrong explanation of the facts in the comment. Those “victims” were the victimizers during the disastrous term of the worst president that ever Chile had.....and it descendants and followers are the same bad offender´s genes...
Sep 13th, 2012 - 02:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0Fortunately for us, the Chileans that have suffered the communist violent hordes, we were liberated by our armed forces and turned our sad fate of a communist ruled country to a democratic and free entrepreunership, open to the world with a new and modern legislation. It success was so high that even 20 years of missmanagement from leftist Gvts. couldn't sink the economy and our system...
In brief,...... how we miss you dear General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte...!!! Thanks to you and all your comrades for the new country we have now....How different you was compared to the coward that killed himself to avoid his responsability facing the courts......
1 Sergio Vega ”how we miss you dear General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte '
Sep 13th, 2012 - 03:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0Who's we Sergio?
Since you miss him so much, dig him out and take whatever is left of that animal home with you.
Looting a supermarket - the ultimate form of “political protest”.
Sep 13th, 2012 - 12:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@1 Point well taken! without reading the blog, it crossed my mind after reading the article...wasn't that (leftist riots) what Pinochet tried to erradicate?....wasn't that the same story in Argentina too?....
Sep 13th, 2012 - 03:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Marcos,
Sep 13th, 2012 - 05:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What did Pinochet ever do to you?
For us, he:
saved the country from communism
saved the country from becoming the “Cuba of the Andes”
saved the country from Argentine expansionism
set the country on the road to economic growth and stability.
held (and respected) a referendum on a transition to democracy
Any one of those would be an achievement for most leaders.
Credit where it’s due.
So much for the most stable country in Latin America... Coming soon, a move to the left methinks
Sep 15th, 2012 - 02:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0Thanks to our Armed Forces leaded by Captain General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte Chile went from a forgotten dark and small country lost in the bottom of the world to a brilliant growing innovative country sparkling in at the South of the Americas surrounded by dark regresive countries.
Sep 15th, 2012 - 05:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Lot of economics innovations were applied with success and then copied by other countries, leading the prosperity in Latam in spite of the 20 years of leftist Gvts. that just enjoyed the strenght economic impulse during its first years but sinking it during the latest.....up to our present Gvt. which have returned us to the right way to the development....
For you, MA, BK and others similar just remain the envy and the pain of stay far from us living on a regresive country......But, if you want to change to a progresive country just call and we cant lend you some good Chilean economist to put you on the right way....
#7 You make me sick
Sep 16th, 2012 - 09:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0BK
Sep 20th, 2012 - 04:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It nauseates me that you, living in the free World would be happy to condemn me and my folk to Soviet subjugation and poverty.
The Soviets are gone, haven't you heard? It might cheer you up!
Sep 20th, 2012 - 09:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0BK
Sep 21st, 2012 - 02:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I know, that is why I say “would”.
But even though they are gone, you still have the bothersome habit of suggesting that we would be better off with less freedom.
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