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Crowdfunder: Resurrecting the lost story of Scottish auto workers’ solidarity stand with Chileans

Apr 9, 2015, 11:23 AM 0

LatinaLista — Campaign: NAE PASARAN – an untold story of Chilean solidarity It’s 1974. Bob Fulton, a Scottish Rolls Royce worker, refuses to work on an aircraft engine. He has seen what it has been used for and wants…

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Lawsuit against accused killer of musician Victor Jara offers hope for transitional justice in Chile

Sep 19, 2013, 10:21 AM 0

Council on Hemispheric Affairs By William Kinney On September 11, 1973, General Augusto Pinochet launched a brutally successful coup d’etat against then-President Salvador Allende, Chile’s democratically-elected head of state. The Chilean military managed to overthrow Allende’s government in a…

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Remembering a chapter of Chile’s history on Facebook’s Virtual Library of Salvador Allende

Jun 25, 2013, 4:42 PM 0

LatinaLista — Salvador Allende is an integral part of Chilean history. A 40-year career politician, Allende was the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections in 1970. It wasn’t long before his policies…