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Jan. 6 was only the rehearsal — now they're in charge again
1 week ago

Jan. 6 was only the rehearsal — now they're in charge again

Raw Story  

As we look at the upcoming year, the most urgent question facing us is whether the assault Putin, Orbán, Trump, Musk, and Vance have planned for our political system in 2025 will succeed. Right now they’re moving gradually: — Infiltrating police departments and the enlisted ranks of the military — Taking over school boards and local boards of elections — …

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A second reign of terror: Inside Trump’s blueprint for home raids
1 month, 3 weeks ago

A second reign of terror: Inside Trump’s blueprint for home raids

Raw Story  

When Trump was elected, many Americans wondered if we were in for a brutal nationwide reign of terror, or if he’d merely content himself with more tax cuts for billionaires and a repeat of his last term’s personally profitable crony capitalism. Homan notoriously ran ICE during the last Trump administration and is often considered, along with Stephen Miller, as the …

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Chile’s leftist president vows to seek repeal of dictatorship-era amnesty law
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Chile’s leftist president vows to seek repeal of dictatorship-era amnesty law

Associated Press  

SANTIAGO, Chile — Chile’s left-wing president President Gabriel Boric on Wednesday promised to push for the repeal of an iron-clad amnesty that has for years ruled out most investigation of crimes against humanity committed by Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship. President Boric’s vow — during a speech commemorating the 51st anniversary of Gen. Pinochet’s bloody U.S.-backed putsch that ended Chilean …

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The far right actually hates America: Its dark ideology has foreign roots
4 months ago

The far right actually hates America: Its dark ideology has foreign roots

Salon  

If there is one thing Republicans want you to know, it’s how much they bleed red, white and blue for America. there is nothing so intrinsically plausible as the theory of original sin.” Émile Faguet, a French author and critic, called Maistre “a fierce absolutist, a furious theocrat, an intransigent legitimist, apostle of a monstrous trinity composed of pope, king …

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Stolen at birth, an adoptee sues Chile over thousands of similar dictatorship-era crimes
6 months, 1 week ago

Stolen at birth, an adoptee sues Chile over thousands of similar dictatorship-era crimes

Associated Press  

SANTIAGO, Chile — A Chilean-American raised in the United States filed a criminal complaint against the Chilean government on Monday, alleging that it engaged in a systematic plan to steal thousands of babies from perceived enemies of the state in the 1970s and 1980s. The case filed by Jimmy Lippert Thyden González, 43, aims to advance the task of Chilean …

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Chile to reopen probe into mystery death of poet Pablo Neruda
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Chile to reopen probe into mystery death of poet Pablo Neruda

The Hindu  

Chile will once again try to resolve the mystery of what killed Nobel laureate poet Pablo Neruda, who many believe was poisoned by the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, a court said on Tuesday. An appeals court in Santiago ordered the reopening of the investigation into the death of Neruda, who was a prominent member of Chile’s Communist Party when military …

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A vampire movie that doesn’t suck: Shooting the black-and-white seductions of ‘El Conde’
10 months, 4 weeks ago

A vampire movie that doesn’t suck: Shooting the black-and-white seductions of ‘El Conde’

LA Times  

Cinematographer Edward Lachman was starting to think he’d never get to work with director Pablo Larraín, an old acquaintance. But more than 15 years after their first meeting, “El Conde,” a satirical horror film that rethinks former Chilean President Augusto Pinochet as a vile, bloodsucking vampire, has become that occasion. “Once Pablo wanted to go black-and-white and we’re dealing with …

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Indigenous advocates reject Chile’s new draft constitution ahead of vote
1 year ago

Indigenous advocates reject Chile’s new draft constitution ahead of vote

Al Jazeera  

Sunday’s referendum will be the second time in as many years that Chileans have voted for a revised constitution. “We are 13 percent of the population,” said Alihuén Antileo Navarrete, a Mapuche lawyer elected to represent Chile’s Indigenous peoples on the council. She believes the draft on Sunday’s ballot enshrines values and ideas that “don’t belong in a constitution”, by …

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IFFK 2023: After-effects of Pinochet’s dictatorship still being felt, says Chilean filmmaker
1 year ago

IFFK 2023: After-effects of Pinochet’s dictatorship still being felt, says Chilean filmmaker

The Hindu  

For Chilean filmmaker Felipe Carmona, the 17-year-long dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet that ended in 1990 is not just something that happened in the past, but a defining era, the after-effects of which are still playing out in his country. Mr. Carmona’s debut film Prison in the Andes being screened in the International Competition category at the 28th International Film Festival …

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Kissinger's unwavering support for brutal regimes still haunts Latin America
1 year, 1 month ago

Kissinger's unwavering support for brutal regimes still haunts Latin America

The Independent  

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Pedro Barrientos, Chilean Singer Victor Jara’s Alleged Killer, Extradited 50 Years after Murder
1 year, 1 month ago

Pedro Barrientos, Chilean Singer Victor Jara’s Alleged Killer, Extradited 50 Years after Murder

News 18  

A retired Chilean soldier accused of torturing and killing beloved folk singer Victor Jara 50 years ago at the start of the country’s military dictatorship, was extradited from the United States Friday to stand trial at home. A Florida court in 2016 declared Barrientos liable for Jara’s torture and murder as part of a civil lawsuit filed by the singer’s …

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Henry Kissinger (1923-2023): Dead at last, he was widely reviled as a war criminal but much admired in the US
1 year, 1 month ago

Henry Kissinger (1923-2023): Dead at last, he was widely reviled as a war criminal but much admired in the US

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 01, 2023 18:29 IST - 7 MINS READ At last. The Rolling Stone headline says it all: “Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies.” He was a world-class criminal and, as in better times, the late Verso author Christopher Hitchens said in his excellent polemical book, The Trial of Henry Kissinger, many offences …

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Opinion: Saying goodbye to Kissinger the criminal
1 year, 1 month ago

Opinion: Saying goodbye to Kissinger the criminal

LA Times  

It is oddly appropriate that Henry Kissinger should have died in the year that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1973 military coup in Chile — the cataclysmic overthrow of its democratically elected president, Salvador Allende, and the end of a fleeting attempt to create a socialist society without resorting to violence, a first in the history of revolutions. And …

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Henry Kissinger, one of the most influential and controversial foreign policy figures in U.S. history, dies
1 year, 1 month ago

Henry Kissinger, one of the most influential and controversial foreign policy figures in U.S. history, dies

LA Times  

Henry A. Kissinger, the architect of U.S. foreign policy at the apex of the Cold War and a towering intellectual force in world affairs for more than half a century, has died at his Connecticut home. There, Kissinger and Zhou plotted Nixon’s ground-breaking trip to China, which took place in February 1972, a visit that Nixon called “a week that …

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El Conde review: Brilliant Netflix film reimagines Pinochet as a literal vampire
1 year, 3 months ago

El Conde review: Brilliant Netflix film reimagines Pinochet as a literal vampire

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy El Conde, the latest from Pablo Larraín, …

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Chile president defends democracy 50 years after coup ushered in brutal military dictatorship
1 year, 3 months ago

Chile president defends democracy 50 years after coup ushered in brutal military dictatorship

Associated Press  

SANTIAGO, Chile — The president of Chile issued a fervent defense of democracy on Monday, the 50th anniversary of the coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet that ushered in a brutal military dictatorship for almost two decades. “A coup d’état or the violation of the human rights of those who think differently is never justifiable,” Boric said in his address …

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Fifty years after Chile’s coup, the region still not safe from US meddling
1 year, 4 months ago

Fifty years after Chile’s coup, the region still not safe from US meddling

Al Jazeera  

Today is the 50th anniversary of a devastating military coup in Chile which gave way to one of the most brutal dictatorships in Latin American history. Three days earlier, in a phone call to Helms that he recorded, Nixon’s national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, had already confirmed the administration’s intention to overthrow Allende, noting “We will not let Chile go …

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The U.S. set the stage for a coup in Chile. It had unintended consequences at home
1 year, 4 months ago

The U.S. set the stage for a coup in Chile. It had unintended consequences at home

NPR  

The U.S. set the stage for a coup in Chile. The campaign against Salvador Allende Enlarge this image toggle caption AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images The U.S. had been meddling in Chile's politics for years by the time 1973 rolled around. The U.S. was not the only reason for the coup Enlarge this image toggle caption AFP …

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Child victims are the forgotten voices of Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship from 1973 to 1990
1 year, 4 months ago

Child victims are the forgotten voices of Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship from 1973 to 1990

The Independent  

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An exquisite romance that is a Brief Encounter for the Zoom era: LARUSHKA IVAN-ZADEH reviews fine Korean romance, Past Lives
1 year, 4 months ago

An exquisite romance that is a Brief Encounter for the Zoom era: LARUSHKA IVAN-ZADEH reviews fine Korean romance, Past Lives

Daily Mail  

Past Lives Verdict: Very fine Korean romance Rating: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Verdict: A big fat disappointment Rating: A Life On The Farm Verdict: Pythonesque portrait of a British eccentric Rating: Glitzy premieres at the Venice Film Festival grab international attention, but in the UK one of the finest movies of the year is quietly being released. This …

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The Catholic Church defended human rights during Chile’s dictatorship. An archive tells the story
1 year, 4 months ago

The Catholic Church defended human rights during Chile’s dictatorship. An archive tells the story

The Independent  

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The Catholic Church defended human rights during Chile’s dictatorship. An archive tells the story
1 year, 4 months ago

The Catholic Church defended human rights during Chile’s dictatorship. An archive tells the story

Associated Press  

SANTIAGO, Chile — Lined up like soldiers guarding a nation’s treasures, dozens of shelves preserve an archive that gives account of a painful episode in Chile’s history: 47,000 instances of human rights violations during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print “The archive gives an account of how the …

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Movie Review: Pinochet as a vampire in surreal, frightening ‘El Conde’
1 year, 4 months ago

Movie Review: Pinochet as a vampire in surreal, frightening ‘El Conde’

Associated Press  

The Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is not dead in Pablo Larraín’s “El Conde.” He is instead a 250-year-old vampire living in semi-exile and wishing for death in this audacious allegory about history’s tendency to repeat itself, shot in sublime, otherworldly black and white. In “El Conde,” which he co-wrote, he uses “the language of satire and political farce” to show …

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AP PHOTOS: 50 years ago, Chile’s army ousted a president and everything changed
1 year, 4 months ago

AP PHOTOS: 50 years ago, Chile’s army ousted a president and everything changed

Associated Press  

Fifty years ago, Chile began the darkest period in its modern history. On Sept. 11, 1973, Gen. Augusto Pinochet led a military coup that included the bombing of La Moneda, the presidential palace in the capital of Santiago, where President Salvador Allende had taken refuge. Naranjo, 69, was a member of Chile’s Revolutionary Left Movement and became a political exile …

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