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“The situation in Chile was chaotic”, ex president Piñera recalls the Chilean coup
Next Monday, September 11th, Chile will remember the fiftieth anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet which overthrew constitutionally elected president Salvador Allende, the first Marxist to reach the highest office in the land. But the coup and half a century, far from healing the wounds that caused it have remained alive in Chile, in a community that can be said has been divided in half. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesThis is an excellent article that shares part of the bleak reality of my country, that I highly applaud...
Sep 07th, 2023 - 02:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0(You'll note that Allende did indeed kill himself.)
As to personal issues, we have returned to the snow today, joined with Madame's close French schoolmate and her husband. (They mainly grow apples and kiwi.)
Skiing conditions are outstanding!
(Obviously we need to return to the farm well before the 18th.)
¡Saludos de Valle Nevado!
“Piñera points fingers towards elected president Salvador Allende as the most responsible actor of what happened.”
Sep 11th, 2023 - 01:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Conveniently ignoring the elephant in the room, and Nixon`s admonishment to “make the economy scream”
“Previously declassified documents demonstrated that the U.S. undoubtedly helped set the stage for the coup by supporting Allende’s opposition, fomenting strikes, advocating for an invisible economic blockade, and actively intervening in copper markets on which Chile relied for most of its income.”
The Dallas Morning News, Sep 9, 2023
”Fifty years after Chile’s coup, the region still not safe from US meddling
Destructive US efforts to control its ‘back yard’ continue to this day.
Since former US President James Monroe effectively announced a protectorate over the Western Hemisphere in December 1823, known as the Monroe Doctrine, the US has been interfering in nations across Latin America, often in pursuit of its own interests, but always under the guise of protecting democracy and human rights in its “backyard”.
The 1973 coup in Chile was one such intervention.
Official documents and telephone call transcripts that were declassified and made public over the years paint a clear picture of how Washington worked to ensure Allende’s downfall ever since he scored a narrow victory in the September 8, 1970, presidential election.
Al Jazeera, 11 Sep 2023
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