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You are wildly out of context here. In 1970-73 Chile had a democratically elected president with a socialist program, not unlike France's Francois Miterrand. H
by shykes 17y ago
You are wildly out of context here.
In 1970-73 Chile had a democratically elected president with a socialist program, not unlike France's Francois Miterrand. He wasn't "given a fair shot" because he was overthrown before the end of his term.
(Edited: no solid evidence that he was murdered.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_détat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_détat
- jacobolus 17y agoIt’s not clear that he was murdered: officially it was a suicide, and as far as I know the evidence is pretty sketchy. But many others were certainly murdered, before and after the coup.
- vegai 17y agoYou think his girlfriend left him?
- cturner 17y agoI don't think the parent of your post was out of context. Wikipedia is poor resource for recent political history, because people defend their history there. Heavily contested events like this, or The Dismissal in Australia end up with summaries that are sympathetic to the left-wing view of history. That doesn't make it right, it just means that people of that inclination are more interested in contesting the history than their opponents. You do Miterrand a disservice by comparing his to Allende. Miterrand is an example of a socialist leader who worked within the bounds of his constitution.
- joeycfan 17y agoI've seen footage of him doing a little dance with Fidel Castro. I lost all sympathy for him then.