"The majority of ministers of Piñera’s government are all children of Pinochet”

”The majority of ministers of Piñera’s government are all children of Pinochet”

Thursday, September 5th 2013 - 01:36 UTC

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A prominent backer of the 1973 military coup against elected President Salvador Allende said that General Augusto Pinochet betrayed those who supported the putsch out of patriotic sentiments. Roberto Thieme, a founder of the nationalist Homeland and Freedom movement, known as PyL, spoke out a week before the 40th anniversary of Allende's bloody ouster in an interview with Radio Cooperativa. Read full article

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Chicureo
Well, as I know him, some of the accusations by him are absolutely true, but I think that he's mixing a bit of misinformation to forward his own agenda. In any case, he's apologizing for his actions back in 1973. Too late and too unconvincing. There is an excellent program on Chilean TV right now about the censored film reporting that is eye opening. BOTH sides committed tremendous errors. Including crimes against humanity. It's not black and white.
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http://www.theclinic.cl/2011/08/24/roberto-thieme-fundador-de-patria-y-libertad-apoya-a-los-estudiantes-movilizados/......
........ Son aves que no se asustan de animal ni policía…..
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