Zoe Alexandra reports on the commemorations in Chile of the 1973 coup, including a centerpiece candle light vigil at the National Stadium in Santiago, one of the largest centers of torture and detention during the Pinochet dictatorship.
As the regime murdered political opponents, a U.K. propaganda unit passed material to Chile’s military intelligence and MI6 connived with a key orchestrator of the coup, newly declassified files show, John McEvoy reports.
When the Chilean military overthrew Allende’s democratically elected government on Sept. 11, 1973, U.K. officials worked with the new junta as it committed widespread atrocities, declassified files show, Mark Curtis reports.
At the time, 50 years ago on Monday, the coup was seen as not just an attack on the Popular Unity government of Salvador Allende, writes Vijay Prashad. It was an attack on the Third World.
A global “disengagement” rate of over 70 percent among young people will not be fixed by “skills training” or “social entrepreneurship,” writes Vijay Prashad.
Starbucks in Chile has been fined the most for anti-union practices devised in Seattle headquarters, where a tough campaign against U.S. employees has been brewed, writes Andrés Giordano.
