The Constitutional Anti-utopia in Chile
A new Magna Carta that lives up to the country’s historical moment and takes charge of society’s more important problems seems very unlikely.
A new Magna Carta that lives up to the country’s historical moment and takes charge of society’s more important problems seems very unlikely.
The president of Chile once again used his voice to denounce at the UN the crimes & repression carried out by the Ortega Murillo dictatorship
Fifty years after the 1973 military coup in Chile, the United States finally declassifies part of its secret documents.
In several provincial cities, events were also held September 11, to repudiate the coup d’état and reiterate commitments to democracy.
Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said those events can’t be “erased even with all the water of the oceans”.
“Sharing this emotional walk, in a complicit silence, was an opportunity to meet, hug and strengthen our tireless resolve for never again.”
Despite past differences, the President highlighted the lucidity of one of his predecessors, who advised him on “the art of governing.”
Days before commemorating half a century after the 1973 coup d’état in Chile, the historical divisions are still present and undeniable.
“At least they should tell us what happened to them, what was done to them. That is the worst part of these 50 years.”
“Pinochet never faced justice and that impunity made him eternal, it turned him into a vampire,” said the award-winning Chilean director.