Word: chileanizing
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...seemed things could change. Here we had Gerald Ford; despite his long-time support for Nixon's Vietnam policies and his opposition to civil rights, there was still hope. Ford lost no time dashing it, pardoning his ex-chief's crimes and revealing the U.S. attempts to "destabilize" the Chilean government, leading to Allende's downfall. Ford only proved once more that the system, which has worked and unworked itself so many times in the past few years that it is hard to believe there is a system at all, belies our hopes...
...seven defendants were arrested when police broke up a demonstration against a B.U. center for Latin American Development Studies conference at which World Bank president Robert S. McNamara and former Chilean president Eduardo Frei were scheduled to appear
...these examples of card-stacking and contradictions are not my main objection to the editorial. We Chileans--speaking not only for myself but also for the vast majority of my compatriots--are extremely proud of our military junta. The date in which the coup took place, September 11, 1973, will always be remembered with gratitude by the Chilean people. We would like to think ourselves totally responsible for the takeover. Unfortunately we have to admit receiving $8 million from the CIA (proof that the entire sum was used against Allende is debatable). The United States's justification for giving this...
...Only the Chilean junta claims Allende committed suicide. Allende's wife, after leaving Chile, said Allende was shot 13 times by Chilean soldiers...
...Maybe Chilean Congressmen did not take CIA money, but the CIA did not spend $8 million on peanuts. However, if you accept that the CIA bought no votes in the Chilean Congress, you can then accept congressional votes as reasonably legitimate. With this in mind you should note that the Chilean Congress constitutionally voted Allende to be president of Chile...