The day of September 11 1983 will mark the tenth anniversary of the toppling of the Allende government and its replacement by the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet. Two Spanish-speaking journalists, one a Chilean who had fled Pinochet's armed terror (and must therefore remain unnamed), were asked to record their impressions of life under thejuntafor Critical Social Policyfrom theirrecent visit. The following article is a compilation of these impressions, together with recent sources on Chilean events, focussing on the economy, unemployment and social services.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Quoted in E1 Mercurio, International edition, 5, November 1980.
2.
Education and Repression in Chile, World University Service, Chile Committee on Human Rights, p. 27
3.
Letelier, O.Chile: Economic Freedom and Political Repression , Race and Class, Vol. 18 No. 3, 1977.
4.
See O'Brien, The New Leviathan: The Chicago School and the Chilean Regime 1973-1980, Glasgow University, unpublished, 1982.
5.
Economist, Chile Survey, September 6, 1980.
6.
Letelier, op. cit. p. 251
7.
Economistop. cit. p. 21
8.
Letelier, I. and Moffitt, M.Supporting Repression: Multinational Banks in Chile, Race and Class, Vol. 20, No. 2, 1978 p. 124
9.
World University Service, op. cit p. 45
10.
ibid, Chap 3
11.
ibid, Chap 4
12.
Chile Committee for Human Rights, Pinochet's Chile: An Eyewitness Report, 1981, p. 31
