Word: chileanization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chilean press has more than covered the allegations surrounding the Letelier case. They have even suggested the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was in collusion with DINA--an organization started by the head of the ruling Chilean junta, Gen. Augusto Pinochet. Moffitt draws a parallel between the Chilean coverage of this investigation and the American press coverage of Watergate; he says that Pinochet's enemies are using this scandal to force him out of office, in the same way Americans said that Nixon couldn't govern the country amidst the Watergate revelations. He adds that an official in the State Department...
Moffitt says Pinochet has fallen into disfavor with many Chileans who had earlier supported him. He claims the middle class, members of which make up a large portion of the Christian Democrats Party (PDC), has been squeezed by Pinochet's rigid "free trade" Chicago school economic policies, and that there has been a split within the ruling junta. He suggests that there are people in the U.S. and in "influential circles" in Chile who would like to see Pinochet replaced by a government formed by General Gustavo Leigh, commander of the Chilean Air Force, and Eduardo Frei, former president...
...Larios. Ossorio died on October 21, 1977, after last being seen with Contreras, the former head of DINA. In November, the government announced he had died of a heart attack, but when his body was exhumed in February of this year, it was apparent Ossorio had been shot. The Chilean government has now termed his death a suicide...
...Democrats coming to power because of the possible cut-off of loans." In early 1976, Letelier managed to convince the Dutch government to cancel its $60 million loan to Chile. In addition he met with the heads of the dockworkers union and convinced them not to unload Chilean goods--not only in Holland but anywhere in the world. Shortly after this successful trip, Moffitt says, the Chilean press began to extensively cover Letelier's activities. He notes how Letelier and his wife then became subject to harassment--"They would call up Isabel Letelier at night and say, 'Are you Orlando...
...report states that in 1977 alone, Chile received $514 million in loans and credits from private U.S.-based multinational banks--with the total lending from U.S. banks since the coup in 1973 surpassing $900 million. The report identifies the major U.S. banks who have "buoyed" the Chilean government. They are the Bankers Trust of New York, the Chemical Bank of New York, Wells Fargo Bank of San Fransisco, Citicorp of New York, First Chicago Bank, and Morgan Guarantee Trust...