Word: izquierda
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...most troubled area is the province of Cautín, 400 miles south of Santiago in the heart of Chile's farming belt. Often at the instigation of the radical group M.I.R. (for Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionario), peasants have occupied at least 350 farms, some too small to be legally expropriated. Many of the raiders are impoverished Mapuche Indians who have lived in squalid villages since their tribe was conquered by the Chileans in 1881 and are all too eager to settle a score with the "huincas" (white men). Allende dispatched agriculture Minister Jacques Chonchol to the province...
Stoned to Death. The government's reticence in dealing with Toro's brazen band of revolutionaries may be related to the approach of national elections in September. Toro and his followers belong to the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionario, a radical organization that enjoys the support of no more than 3% of Chile's electorate. But the radicals are symptomatic of a mood of unease that could turn Chile into the hemisphere's first country with a freely elected Communist government...