Before 2001, there was another 9/11. In 1973, a military coup backed by the United States, overthrew the Chilean government and ushered in seventeen years of brutal dictatorship. In the first of a two part series; we hear stories of the Chilean 9/11.That day marked the end of one of Latin America’s longest democratic traditions, and brought on almost two decades of murder, disappearances, repression, and fear. This program was produced by the Freedom Archives
Featuring:
Isabel Letelier, sculptor, author, and human rights activist
Ariel Dorfman, author, journalist and human rights activist; Isabel Allende, author and journalist
Rene Castro, visual artist, photographer, curator, and teacher
Joan Jara, British author, former ballerina, and partner of the late Chilean singer-composer Victor Jara.
For More Information:
- The Ingredients of a Military Coup by Michel Chossudovsky, Chile, September 11, 1973
- Obama in Chile: No apology for 1973 coup
- The Other 9/11
- The Pinochet Files
- The National Security Archive
- The Telegraph
- ABC News
- Namebase
- Arundhati Roy speech: Come September
- Nostalgia for The Light
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