Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...MARCH 25, the day after a military coup overthrew the government of Isabel Peron, an army major in charge of public relations in the city of Cordoba called a press conference. He instituted "temporary" press censorship and finished his instructions by saying, "Remember, I don't want to see any mention of Chile." On March 30, General Jorge Videla, the head of the ruling military junta, announced on national television that his new regime was deeply committed to human rights, based on "profound Christian convictions." The smooth and relatively bloodless coup followed by constant reassurances stemmed from a well-defined...
Pinochet and his military junta had not wasted any time in showing their repressive intentions, and after the bloody coup which overthrew Allende in September of 1973 quickly turned Chile into a murderous police state. The horrified reaction of the world press to the Chilean repression was widespread and still rang loudly in the ears of Videla and his co-conspirators. In addition, a U.S. Senate committee had just published its findings of CIA involvement in the Chilean coup, and the image of a murderous Pinochet aided by CIA support had become prevalent in an uncomfortable U.S. press...
However, much of this same press was full of praise and hope for the Videla regime. In the days after the Argentine coup, The New York Times published pictures of soldiers on guard in front of the government palace smiling relaxedly at women or cheerfully playing with pigeons in the park. An April 4 Times editorial implied that Videla's regime was moderate and well intentioned. True, there had been arrests in the first few days, but these were rather selectively aimed at corrupt Peronist functionaries. The contrast with Chile was evident and the efficiency and advance notice...
...seems likely that the Argentine junta, sensitive to the international revulsion against a violent coup comparable to Chile's, decided to act in two stages. First, a moderate period with sporadic arrests and little censorship, then strict censorship and the imposition of a hard, repressive line. Videla, Agosti and Massera count on two things. This carefully orchestrated two-stage process may allow them to carry out repressive measures under less international pressure. Furthermore, the solidarity campaigns organized in the United States, Canada and Europe, which were so successful in saving many Chilean lives, have somehow become exhausted. Almost three years...
...Chilean coup that overthrew Salvador Allende in late 1973 replaced one set of economic ideologues with another. The Marxists who strove for total regulation of the economy have been succeeded by a group of policymakers known as the "Chicago Boys." Reason: they ardently embrace the free-market teachings of University of Chicago Economist Milton Friedman, who visited Chile for six days last year to counsel them...