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Warning: detailed discussion of crimes against humanity
"For the few remaining women of Calama in Chile’s Atacama desert, September 11
holds a terrifying meaning. They understand the pain of watching forensic
investigators meticulously scour through particles of dust, seeking to retrieve
the tiniest fragments of lives brutally taken from the world. They know what it
means to face devastating absence, knowing the bodies of loved ones will never
be returned.
But their loss has nothing to do with the attack on New York’s twin towers.
Fifty years ago, in the early morning of September 11 1973, a US-backed coup
led by General Augusto Pinochet began with Chile’s military taking control of
strategic locations in the capital city Santiago, including the main radio and
television networks. At 8.30am, a declaration was broadcast that the military
was now in control of the country.
While the elected president, Salvador Allende, refused to concede power in what
turned out to be his farewell address, Pinochet’s undemocratic forces
surrounded the presidential palace. A few hours later, the centre of Chilean
democracy was bombed by a fighter jet and set ablaze. Allende died from gunshot
wounds the same day.
Chile under Pinochet would become the experimenting ground for an economic
project that inspired both Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher and went by the
name of neoliberalism. But it was also an experimenting laboratory for the
torture and enforced disappearance of human beings."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
