Word: chileanizing
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...eagle is the U.S. The verse is part of a protest song that is popular in the cafés and boîtes of Santiago. In the dim light of those peñas folklóricas, as they are known, Chilean students representing every shade of the leftist spectrum?from Christian Democrat to anarchic urban terrorist?gather to sing their praise of Fidel Castro's Cuba and their passionate hatred of the local oligarchy...
...first glance, the fierceness of Chilean leftist feeling against the U.S. seems strange indeed. Chile, after all, is more prosperous and more egalitarian than most of its neighbors. It is also the staunchest democracy in South America, undisturbed by coups d'état since 1932 and led for the past six years by the strenuously reformist government of President Eduardo Frei. Few countries in Latin America have appeared to be so devoted to the democratic process as this nation of 9,000,000. Even its geography helped by isolating it from its neighbors. Stretching more than 2,600 miles down...
...hemisphere in favor of the so-called via pacifica-or peaceful way. That policy has been paying off handsomely, notably in Chile, whose Moscow-bankrolled Communist Party backed Marxist Dr. Salvador Allende, winner of a plurality in the recent presidential election. If he is voted in by the Chilean Congress next month as expected, he would become the first Communist-supported candidate for President to win a free election...
...Danger of an Army Coup if He Comes to Power: There is no war here as there was in Cuba. The Cuban army was a pretorian guard in the service of a dictator. Here there is a constitutional armed force and a constitutional president. For many long years, the Chilean armed forces have demonstrated their respect for the constitution, the law and the popular will. I believe they will do so again...
...Political Philosophy: Marxism is a scientific method for interpreting history and the economic and social facts of the world. It is not a prescription for making a government. The Chilean Socialist Party has never been attached to any international association. I have read Marx, Engels and Lenin, but I have also read Lincoln, Jefferson and Washington. Kennedy's Inaugural Address was one of the best pieces of oratory I have ever read...