Word: chiles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...SEPTEMBER 11, 1974, the residents of Santiago. Chile, woke up to hear tanks rumbling through their streets; four years ago, the democratically-elected government of Salvador Allende was overthrown by a military junta supported by U.S. arms and money; four years ago, the junta, headed by General Augusto Pinochet, initiated its reign of bloody terror, beginning with the murder of Chileans who tried to protect their constitutional right to choose their own government...
...tolls are increased and service deteriorates under Panamanian control, Latin American nations will be particularly damaged. Half of Ecuador's trade, 41% of Peru's and 77% of Nicaragua's moves through the canal. Accordingly, while these and other Latin American countries such as Colombia and Chile publicly supported U.S. cession of the canal, they conducted "back channel" talks with Washington to make sure that there would be American guarantees of uninterrupted operation...
Carter's early forcefulness on the human rights issue drove six Latin countries -Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala and Brazil-to reject U.S. military assistance rather than agree to prepare "report cards" for Washington on human rights. The Administration hopes to keep relations from deteriorating further-without, however, backing off on human rights entirely. Thus Todman was to shore up relations with the continent's right-wing military regimes, while Derian would press Carter's human rights campaign with civic leaders and government officials. In what was seen as an important move to improve relations with...
...assessment of the policy is no better than mixed if Carter's aim is to ease the plight of those suffering rights abuses. In some nations?South Korea, the Philippines, Benin, Chile, Iran and Argentina?a number of dissenters have begun receiving slightly fairer treatment. But elsewhere there has been either no relaxation or?as in the Soviet Union, East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Rumania?there have been new repressive crackdowns...
...getting in the way of a lot of things which might be more important in the long term." Others point to the selective morality of Carter's stand; he sharply assails some repressive countries, but he goes easier on those that the U.S. considers vital to its own interests. Chile is excoriated, but little is said about the Shah of Iran's heavy-handed rule. Moreover, much of Carter's policy appears contradictory. He wants to develop better, closer relations with Third World countries, yet, if he were to be honest and consistent, he would chastise and penalize most...