Chile
Victor Jara’s song returns as an anthem of our time
March 5, 2021What does it mean that Jara’s song returns as an anthem in our time, its call for the right to live in peace laden with meaning across generations?
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Newly revealed documents show Nixon, Kissinger plotted Allende overthrow from day one
November 17, 2020Almost from the very minute Salvador Allende took office in Chile in November 1970, Nixon and top U.S. officials were scared of his example and his impact—and determined to oust him.
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Chile voted against fascism; left strives for Allende’s wish of a ‘people’s constitution’
November 2, 2020“We began to dig the grave of the Pinochet-era constitution and the market economy,” one report said.
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Chilean Communists call for replacement of Pinochet constitution in Sunday vote
October 22, 2020Gen. Augusto Pinochet led a U.S.-backed military coup which overthrew socialist Salvador Allende in 1973. The Pinochet constitution is still in force today.
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Lessons learned 50 years after Allende’s Popular Unity government in Chile
September 29, 2020It is a lesson from history, to bear in mind during these days of pandemic. But, above all, it is a lesson of struggle for fundamental changes.
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