Word: santiagos
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...PATRIOT, STICK A YANKEE, invited the sign in front of the National Library in Santiago, and hundreds of celebrating Chileans eagerly obeyed the injunction. For two escudos (14?) apiece, they pitched darts at an 8-ft.-high wooden image of Uncle Sam in full flight, clutching money-stuffed suitcases labeled "Chilean copper." As Chile's Dr. Salvador Allende was inaugurated last week for a six-year term as the world's first freely elected Marxist President, a mood of anti-Americanism prevailed...
...Santiago during the national election. Have you ever seen 40-or 50-year-old men cry because of a candidate's victory? I did. And they weren't tears of joy. Tears of despair and agony better describe the trickles of water from their eyes. Tears of realization of the new Communist footing in Latin America...
...scene in Santiago was distressingly similar to that in other besieged cities. In the wake of the shooting of the army commander, the Chilean capital was gripped by the tightest security ever imposed in the country's history. Streets were cordoned off and police helicopters hovered overhead. In this atmosphere of tension and anxiety, the Chilean Congress last week confirmed the victory of Dr. Salvador Allende Gossens as the world's first freely elected Marxist President...
Schneider was rushed to the Santiago Schneider was rushed to the Santiago Military Hospital, where surgeons worked for 90 minutes to remove three bullets from his chest, neck and forearm. That night he suffered a massive hemorrhage, and the following day remained near death. While police erected roadblocks around Santiago, President Frei placed the 90,000 men of the armed forces and carabineros on maximum alert...
Some analysts predict, however, that if a Santiago-Havana Communist axis were to emerge by the 1972 elections, the Administration might well feel impelled to take action. But the question remains: what could it do? Chile's neighbors are facing the same puzzle...