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Tag: Paul Simons

  • Thursday, February 10th 2011 - 06:55 UTC

    WikiLeaks: US believes former Chilean leader death “to remain a mystery”

    Popular Christian Democrat president Eduardo Frei Tagle, succeeded by Salvador Allende and Pinochet’s military coup

    An embassy cable published this week by WikiLeaks revealed a 2009 email in which then-U.S ambassador to Chile, Paul Simons, predicted that former President Eduardo Frei Montalva’s controversial 1982 death would never be fully understood. “The tragic recent history of Chile continues to divide its people, and the death of this emblematic President seems destined to remain a mystery.”