El Fuego en La Moneda: Remembering Chile
ON SEPTEMBER ELEVEN, I cannot help but think of violence and tyranny for various reasons. Of course there is the obvious violence that tore apart Manhattan in 2001 and infected our reasoning and society with febrile veins of fear. But then, there are other tyrannies that found the date of September 11 a comfortable roost.
WITH THE COUP taking place in Honduras right now, and this being September 11, my thoughts turn to Latin America of course. On this day, 36 years ago. Chile suffered a terrible blow, one that rocked and bled it for years and years. The horror was far beyond anything we have experienced here in the US, at least in my lifetime. And unsurprisingly, the United States Republican party allies itself time and time again with these kinds of acts. Acts of terror and coup and tyranny.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Bush administration remembered Augusto Pinochet’s rule in Chile as a difficult period on Sunday and expressed concern for the victims of his government and their families. [...]
“Our thoughts today are with the victims of his reign and their families. We commend the people of Chile for building a society based on freedom, the rule of law, and respect for human rights,” he said.
Pinochet seized power from the elected government of socialist President Salvador Allende in a 1973 coup supported by the U.S. government.
—Bush ‘Remembers’ Something or Other, The Unapologetic Mexican
Bush ‘Remembers’ Something or Other
The Tyrant Who Wouldn’t Shut Up
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