The presidents of Chile and Mexico held a joint press conference Sunday marking the fiftieth anniversary of the 1973 Chilean coup the place Common Augusto Pinochet ousted democratically-elected President Salvador Allende. The presidents’ look adopted an initially peaceable march which later noticed clashes between civilians and police.
On September 11, 1973, Pinochet launched a army coup to take away Allende from energy, allegedly with US assist. Subsequently, the 17-year army dictatorship below Pinochet resulted in additional than 3,000 folks killed and over 40,000 peopled disappeared. In Latin America, the 1973 coup is considered the “first 9-11,” when Western forces allegedly intervened to destroy the nation’s democracy, armed Pinochet’s loss of life squads, and applied harsh neoliberal insurance policies that plunged the nation right into a extreme financial disaster.
Forward of the fiftieth anniversary, the Chilean authorities announced a brand new initiative to seek out the stays of greater than a thousand individuals who had been disappeared throughout Pinochet’s dictatorship.
Through the joint tackle, Chilean President Gabriel Boric underscored the longstanding connections between Chile and Mexico. He said that Chile and Mexico’s current alliance forges forward with an unwavering dedication to people-centered democracy, prioritizing “The Poor First,” and upholding human rights and worldwide cooperation. Mexican President Manuel Lopez-Obrador echoed Boric’s phrases and extolled the virtues of Allende and his dedication to being a revolutionary pacifist.
The joint tackle happened following a march close to the La Moneda presidential palace within the Chilean capital of Santiago. The march turned violent, resulting in confrontations between civilians and legislation enforcement,. An Al Jazeera correspondent reported that members of the Communist Get together and Socialist Get together participated peacefully, however Pinochet supporters had been armed with “rocks and Molotov cocktails.” Regardless of the flip of occasions, most contributors within the march, bearing Chilean flags and shouting slogans demanding “reality and justice now” or proclaiming “Allende lives” continued to march peacefully. The march served as a reminder of the influence of the 1973 coup on Chilean democracy.
