Word: pinochets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...press also came under attack as part of the state of siege. Six magazines were closed down indefinitely, including Hoy, the journal of the centrist Christian Democratic Party. The London-based Reuters wire service had to close its operations in Santiago after transmitting a profile of Pinochet that referred to the President as an "archvillain." The Italian news agency ANSA was also shut down for disseminating what the government called "tendentious and false information that has offended the armed forces...
...campaign of intimidation extended to murder, though no government involvement has so far been proved. Early one morning last week a white van pulled up outside the apartment building of Jose Carrasco Tapia, 43, foreign editor of the anti-Pinochet magazine Analisis. Two men, dressed in civilian clothes and carrying automatic weapons, dragged Carrasco away without his shoes. "You're not going to need them," his wife quoted them as saying...
...hopes for a transition to democracy. They were quick to denounce the assassination attempt. Said Enrique Silva Simma, president of the Democratic Alliance, an umbrella group of moderate parties: "We believe that acts of this kind neither contribute to pacifying the country nor help achieve democracy." Since 1983, when Pinochet loosened some of the restrictions on political activity, the moderates have been struggling to find a way of persuading the dictator to yield to a civilian electoral process. The latest plan was offered in August 1985 by an impressive coalition of eleven centrist and rightist parties called the National Accord...
Last week's developments left Washington policymakers in a classic dilemma between violence of the far left and violence of the far right. The State Department condemned the attack on Pinochet and hoped the "terrorists will be found and prosecuted in accordance with Chilean law." At the same time, the Administration expressed its concern at the new state of siege, asserting that "such extreme measures hinder the development of the process of dialogue and consensus building...
...past several months, the Administration has been prodding the military government to make a credible move toward real democracy. Led by Ambassador Harry Barnes, a respected veteran diplomat, U.S. officials have been trying to convince Pinochet that his repressive policies only create new recruits for the armed left. Said one senior State Department official: "The best defense against extremism of left or right is support for democracy." Barnes has sought contact with the opposition and in July attended the funeral of a teenager killed during earlier demonstrations. Washington has now threatened to vote against any new multinational loans for economically...