Chile
Chilean prosecutor charges ex-US officer in 1973 murder of American journalists
By Bill Van Auken, December 5, 2011
A judge in Chile has issued an indictment against a retired US Navy officer in connection with the arrest, torture and murder of two American journalists, Charles Horman and Frank Terrugi, in the wake of the CIA-backed military coup that toppled the government of President Salvador Allende in 1973.
President Piñera unleashes repression against Chile’s student movement
By Luis Arce, October 11, 2011
Using mounted police charges, rubber bullets, teargas and water cannon, the right-wing government of President Sebastián Piñera violently suppressed a student march last Thursday in Chile.
Chile’s student struggle and the legacy of 1973
By Luis Arce and Rafael Azul, September 16, 2011
The mass struggles of Chilean students and youth have been accompanied by the promotion of political illusions in the Popular Unity government of Salvador Allende.
Teenager killed by police in mass demonstrations in Chile
By Joseph Kishore, August 27, 2011
Hundreds of thousands of Chilean workers and students took part this week in mass demonstrations and a general strike against social inequality and the privatization of education.
Chilean students demand a national referendum on education rights
By Rafael Azul, August 19, 2011
Striking university and high school students in Chile are calling for a popular referendum to modify the Chilean Constitution and education laws to insure quality education that is free for all.
Latin stock markets hit hardest by US credit downgrade
By Luis Arce, August 12, 2011
Latin America’s financial markets suffered the most severe losses of any in the world in the “Black Monday” global sell-off that followed the downgrading of US debt.
Strike hits world’s largest copper mine in Chile
By Rafael Azul, August 1, 2011
On July 21, 2,375 copper miners at the Escondida copper mine in northern Chile walked out over management’s violation of contract provisions concerning bonuses and hours.
120,000 students, teachers march in Chile against attacks on public education
By Luis Arce, July 8, 2011
Chilean students took to the streets to demand the repeal of a Pinochet era education law and an end to the privatization and inequality that it has fostered.
Obama in Chile: No apology for 1973 coup
By Bill Van Auken, March 23, 2011
During his visit to Chile, Obama rejected an appeal for an apology for Washington’s role in fomenting a fascist-military coup that plunged the country into 17 years of dictatorship.
Chile prison inmates on hunger strike
By Rafael Azul, December 15, 2010
Prisoners in Northern Chile are on hunger strike to protest overcrowding.
81 prisoners die in Chile penitentiary fire
By Rafael Azul, December 10, 2010
The deaths of 81 prisoners in a fire at Chile’s San Miguel Prison on Wednesday was the direct result of repressive policies and overcrowded conditions.
Capitalism and the Chilean miners
By Cesar Uco and Bill Van Auken, October 29, 2010
The editorial pages of two of the most prominent newspapers of the US ruling establishment rushed to claim the rescue of the 33 miners in Chile as a triumph for free-market capitalism.
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