For the First Time, Chile Commemorates Pinochet’s Military Coup with a Far-Right President
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Santiago. The ultra-rightist president of Chile, José Antonio Kast, ignored the 53rd anniversary of the coup d’état of 11 September 1973, when General Augusto Pinochet (1915-2006) overthrew the government of Salvador Allende (1970-73); yesterday, for the first time since the return of democracy, there was no official act of commemoration for the tens of thousands of victims caused by the dictatorship. On the contrary, the organizations of relati…
The anniversary is taking place in a particular political scenario because of the return of sectors related to Pinochetism to the Government and its intentions to encourage pardons for former repressive agents.
On September 11, 1973, General Augusto Pinochet led a coup d’état against President Salvador Allende, which led to a 17-year dictatorship in which numerous human rights violations were committed. For the first time, the commemoration takes place under the mandate of a democratically elected Pinochetist president. Are there differences between Pinochet’s right wing and the ideology of the current president, José Antonio Kast? We discussed it with…
President José Antonio Kast referred to September 11, in the midst of the commemoration of the 53 years of the coup d'état, a day when his government decided not to perform for the first time since the return to democracy an official act to remember the date. From Corral, in the region of Los ... Continue reading "53 years of the coup: Kast says that "history we cannot erase" and calls to "look towards the future"
Looking ahead, without dwelling on the past, is the watchword: for the first time since the return to democracy every event is erased. Thus the traumatic passage from the government of Salvador Allende to the coup of Augusto Pinochet that is still today splits Chile in two: with the president on the side of the dictatorship
José Antonio Kast, president of Chile, will not have an official act because of the coup d'état that initiated Pinochet's dictatorship.
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