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It is really incredible that Pinochet escaped any punishment at all. I was just at the Chilean Museum of Human Rights in Santiago a couple of weeks ago and it w
by renewiltord 3y ago
It is really incredible that Pinochet escaped any punishment at all. I was just at the Chilean Museum of Human Rights in Santiago a couple of weeks ago and it was heartbreaking reading about all these crimes against people. Horrific, and particularly horrific knowing that US was either abettor or architect of the whole operation, down from the top to the Chicago Boys.
Still, Chile seems to be faring fairly well now, so good for them. I found Salvador Allende's final speech as the coup succeeded to be so inspiring for someone on the threshold of death as his democratic government was to be savaged by a military junta.
> Other men will overcome this dark and bitter moment when treason seeks to prevail. Go forward knowing that, sooner rather than later, the great avenues will open again and free men will walk through them to construct a better society.
It was really something to see all this recent history of atrocity in a city and country that was otherwise fairly modern. What a tremendous use of this technology!
- Georgelemental 3y ago[flagged]
- pi-e-sigma 3y agoHis greatest sin was getting too close to the Soviet Union. That's it. Comparing him to Pinochet is like saying that Roosevelt was just like Stalin because he was fine with putting the Japanese in the US in the internment camps during WW2.
- jtr1 3y agoI think I am going to take the WSJ Opinion Page’s assessment of Salvador Allende with a grain of salt.
- paulmd 3y ago[flagged]
- hnu234 3y ago> Horrific, and particularly horrific knowing that US was either abettor or architect of the whole operation, down from the top to the Chicago Boys. "It is really incredible that Pinochet escaped any punishment at all."