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...DECEMBER 1972, Salvador Allende charged before the United Nations that the crisis of the beleaguered Chilean economy was the result of an "international financial-economic blockade ... to prevent the exercise of our rights as a sovereign state." Allende also charged that the crucial decisions concerning the Chilean economy were made in New York. Three months later, a spokesman for the AFL-CIO testified to the Senate Finance Committee that the transfer of production overseas is making the United States "a nation of hamburger stands ... a country stripped of industrial capacity and meaningful work ... a service economy ... a nation busily buying...
...Chile's right-wing military regime. He succeeded. By the time Simon's Air Force jet landed in Santiago for his ten-hour visit there, the Chileans had quietly agreed to free some 300 detainees, among them two former ministers in the ill-fated Marxist government of Salvador Allende Gossens. In a brief airport talk, Simon pointedly noted that U.S. aid to the regime "will be handicapped if there is not a clearer understanding of how the Chileans are ensuring that human rights are respected...
...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...
...days between the coup and Neruda's death, show too vividly the bitterness of a dying man. (I later bought the book outside of Chile, Neruda wrote,.... Then tanks entered into action, many tanks, to fight bravely against one man alone, the president of the Republic of Chile, Salvador Allende, who awaited them in his office, without more company than his great heart, enveloped in smoke and flames...
...MANY American observers, impressed with the novelty of Salvador Allende's election and the thrill of an experiment, ignored the realities of power in Chile. There were popular slogans and lines from Neruda's poetry painted on the walls, there was a visit from Fidel Castro, there were rallies of hundreds of thousands in the streets. This carnival of revolutionary optimism belied Allende's dilemma: elected by a modest plurality, his Popular Unity government never held parliamentary power during his three years as President. He was unable to pass any major legislative initiatives. Only by zealous enforcement of laws previously...