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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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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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Chilean documentary films: Records of resistance
2 years, 10 months ago

Chilean documentary films: Records of resistance

The Hindu  

“O nly if you are able to recognise yourself in the past is it possible to come to terms with the present. Film—both documentary and drama—played an important role in letting the world know about Pinochet’s atrocities against the country’s dissenters who would mock at the general’s exhortations to his supporters to uphold “God, nation and family”. In today’s Chile …

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Change in Chile: The Hindu Editorial on left-wing leader Gabriel Boric’s win
3 years ago

Change in Chile: The Hindu Editorial on left-wing leader Gabriel Boric’s win

The Hindu  

The sweeping victory of Gabriel Boric, the 35-year-old left-wing leader, in Sunday’s presidential run-off election, is a testimony to how Chile has changed. Mr. Boric, one of the protest leaders who promised to “bury neoliberalism” during his campaign, built an alliance of social democrats and communists that took on the Republican Party’s José Antonio Kast. While Mr. Boric promised to …

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Leftist millennial vows to remake Chile after historic win
3 years ago

Leftist millennial vows to remake Chile after historic win

Associated Press  

SANTIAGO, Chile — Former leftist student leader Gabriel Boric will be under quick pressure from his youthful supporters to fulfill his promises to remake Chile after the millennial politician scored a historic victory in the country’s presidential runoff election. With 56% of the votes, Boric on Sunday handily defeated his opponent, far right lawmaker José Antonio Kast, and at age …

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Leftist millennial wins election as Chile's next president
3 years ago

Leftist millennial wins election as Chile's next president

India TV News  

A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests was elected Chile's next president Sunday after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump. With 56 per cent of the votes, Gabriel Boric handily defeated by more than 10 points lawmaker José Antonio Kast, who tried unsuccessfully to scare voters that his young, inexperienced opponent would …

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Gabriel Boric to become Chile’s next President
3 years ago

Gabriel Boric to become Chile’s next President

The Hindu  

A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests was elected Chile’s next President on December 19 after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump. In a model of democratic civility that broke from the polarizing rhetoric of the campaign, Mr. Kast immediately conceded defeat, tweeting a photo of himself on the phone congratulating his …

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Chile: Pinochet’s Legacy
4 years, 6 months ago

Chile: Pinochet’s Legacy

Al Jazeera  

Can Chile transcend General Augusto Pinochet’s economic and political legacy by forging a new constitution? FILMMAKER’S VIEW By Luis del Valle and Lali Houghton For decades, Chile was hailed as Latin America’s lonely success story. “We have 20,000 reasons for being on the streets but all derive from the same cause: Chile’s political system,” he later explained. “And it’s terrible …

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