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...known supporters of the regime disagreed. The government, declared the respected conservative daily El Mercurio, "should strengthen itself by regaining the confidence of those who, ten years ago, massively demanded the intervention of the armed forces." There was no sign that Pinochet was listening. At week's end Chilean police launched a series of raids in Santiago, arresting about 1,000 people...
...union, the 27,000-member National Conference of Copper Workers, will mark its discontent with an illegal 24-hour national strike. With unprecedented boldness, the union denounced the government's "weapons of fear and repression." Said President Rodolfo Seguel: "We are heading toward a dangerous point where the Chilean worker will not see any worse alternative to his present situation." Even the general's supporters fear that he has no answer. Says a former minister: "The country is in greater danger than when the Marxists were in power...
...which under Allende had led to 600% inflation and riots over food shortages. He sold 400 ailing state-owned companies, ended price controls and most state subsidies, and encouraged foreign trade by slashing import tariffs from almost 100% to an average of 10%. The resulting economic boom encouraged most Chileans to overlook Pinochet's repressive campaigns against leftists, in which as many as 10,000 were killed and up to 150,000 were jailed. In 1980 Chilean voters approved by 67% a new constitution that allowed Pinochet to stay in power until 1989, and quite possibly longer...
...allowed to have their say on the future, though, we must inquire why the call for free speech that arose after the Kirkpatrick fiasco seems to apply only to those of the ambassador's political persuasion. The United States government recently refused entry visas to the widow of former Chilean leader Salvador Allende and to Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Both had been invited to address organizations in this country. Both are leftists. And both, like Kirkpatrick, should be able to make their voices heard in the United States without having to fight suppression-whether it be through...
...bearded bust off its granite pedestal, smear it with paint, or try to chisel off the nose, as had happened in the past. Throughout the day, Communist representatives from a number of countries trooped by the monument to lay bouquets of red carnations, tulips and daffodils. "Homage from the Chilean Trade Union Congress," read one card. Another floral tribute was presented "on behalf of the Marxist-Leninists in Bangladesh who cannot be here." Many residents of the city in which Marx spent the better part of his life, often taking refuge in the reading room of the British Museum Library...