The Pinochet File: How U.S. Politicians, Banks and Corporations Aided Chilean Coup, Dictatorship

www.democracyno... - Part 2 of our conversation on the 40th anniversary of the Chilean coup with Spanish lawyer Juan Garcés, a former personal adviser to ousted Chilean President Salvador Allende, and Peter Kornbluh, author of "The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability."
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[@gratefuldennis1]

Boy there are some real ignorant people here that don't even know the difference between Democracy and Fascism. Enough for me. "Never try to teach a pig to dance. It waist your time and annoys the pig."

[@NCF19XX]

I just read ‘the inevitably of tragedy’ and the first chapter is on Chile and Henry Kissinger’s idea and I’m amazed on what happened. Crazy this wasn’t taught in school.

[@yahirtheo4976]

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[@Sebastian-zn3dx]

Pinochet is a hero, the real tyrant was Allende. It was the government of Salvador Allende that broke democracy, his government trained and armed more than 20,000 terrorists with Soviet clandestine weapons brought from Cuba to establish a communist dictatorship similar to the Cuban one in Chile. The overthrow of Allende was not due to the United States, it was the same National Congress that called on the Armed Forces to remove him from power on August 22, 1973. Salvador Allende had been a henchman of the USSR since the 1960s, received money and orders, this was revealed in the "Mitrojin File" declassified by Russia in the 90s. Allende was preparing a self-coup, because he knew that he was not supported by the majority and needed to assassinate and repress the majority of Chileans. The majority of Chileans never wanted to be a socialist country, Allende's arrival in power was a political mistake, a centrist political party, who supported him thinking that they could contain his extremism, was a big mistake, Allende ignored the agreement and governed as a dictator, he ignored the constitution and laws.

[@aitorgonzalez1359]

Do not read the coments in this video.

[@mzny4314]

Aitor Gonzalez, Thanks for the warning!

[@solgato5186]

Unless you're looking for fascists.

[@AndresGrimace]

@Bruno56 I guess a dictatorship and like 40000+ people dead or missing are better. You stupid fuck pinochento ql.

[@Kuzywa]

We want world democracy NOW where No one is bigger than the other!!! I know this sounds very Utopian to be realistic but some countries are not respecting international rules and regulations.

[@TheKitbonn]

Thank God we have people like you! - Thank you and keep up the good work!

[@Sebastian-zn3dx]

Pinochet is a hero, the real tyrant was Allende. It was the government of Salvador Allende that broke democracy, his government trained and armed more than 20,000 terrorists with Soviet clandestine weapons brought from Cuba to establish a communist dictatorship similar to the Cuban one in Chile. The overthrow of Allende was not due to the United States, it was the same National Congress that called on the Armed Forces to remove him from power on August 22, 1973. Salvador Allende had been a henchman of the USSR since the 1960s, received money and orders, this was revealed in the "Mitrojin File" declassified by Russia in the 90s. Allende was preparing a self-coup, because he knew that he was not supported by the majority and needed to assassinate and repress the majority of Chileans. The majority of Chileans never wanted to be a socialist country, Allende's arrival in power was a political mistake, a centrist political party, who supported him thinking that they could contain his extremism, was a big mistake, Allende ignored the agreement and governed as a dictator, he ignored the constitution and laws.

[@lucadeluise1400]

@@Sebastian-zn3dx the coup was necessary yes but the crimes not, and Saddam saved iraq from communism too,arab socialism is not marxism but fascism for OIL was attacjed eh? Hussein

[@Doughtube]

@@Sebastian-zn3dx they paying you to copy and paste your propaganda on every comment?

[@AndresGrimace]

It's the supposed goal of every state/government to seek the well-being of its citizens, whatever the ideology may be, but not by abusing other countries, races or religions. I just can't understand the fear of the US during the cold war towards communism or socialism. I mean would have hurt them so much to trade in fair and equals terms with a country like Chile or other countries in the way of development which by the way posed no threat in any way towards them, even if it was a socialist state? I guess it is better to abuse than to be fair. What a shame!!!

[@marcor.dimuzio7931]

The answer is easy. Money and greed of the powerful and wealthy business in the USA. It is call Capitalism. Socialism or communism policies may threaten those business when they nationalize industries. For Chile was the US mining operations in Chile.

[@wesash9722]

the US currently provides military aid to 75% toof the worlds dictators. We don't care what you believe or how harsh you rule over the people. the ONLY question is can we do business?

[@gallectee6032]

@@marcor.dimuzio7931 Also they view this as a potential domino effect. That globally, people will realize there is a better way and start looking at their own politicians.

[@jaisbrennan7696]

The Soviet Union invaded Hungary in 1956, Czechoslovakia in 1968 and Afghanistan in 1979.

[@jaisbrennan7696]

@@marcor.dimuzio7931 Nationalization is theft.

[@GuiR3X]

those who don't look at their history are condemned to live it again, yup, you re right.

[@Sebastian-zn3dx]

Pinochet is a hero, the real tyrant was Allende. It was the government of Salvador Allende that broke democracy, his government trained and armed more than 20,000 terrorists with Soviet clandestine weapons brought from Cuba to establish a communist dictatorship similar to the Cuban one in Chile. The overthrow of Allende was not due to the United States, it was the same National Congress that called on the Armed Forces to remove him from power on August 22, 1973. Salvador Allende had been a henchman of the USSR since the 1960s, received money and orders, this was revealed in the "Mitrojin File" declassified by Russia in the 90s. Allende was preparing a self-coup, because he knew that he was not supported by the majority and needed to assassinate and repress the majority of Chileans. The majority of Chileans never wanted to be a socialist country, Allende's arrival in power was a political mistake, a centrist political party, who supported him thinking that they could contain his extremism, was a big mistake, Allende ignored the agreement and governed as a dictator, he ignored the constitution and laws.

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

We should also direct our anger at Tony Blair who served as British PM when Pinochet was arrested in London in 1998. Blair, who was Britain's worst PM since Chamberlain, used to harshly criticize Thatcher for her close relationship with Pinochet's Chile but when he was in a position to put up or shut up, he wussed out and agreed to release Pinochet. Blair remains the second woman ever elected PM of the UK.

[@foraustralia2558]

Hardly accurate...by this time Chile had aided the UK in the Falklands....so as a matter of good faith, Blair had to do that

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

@@foraustralia2558 It is very accurate whether you agree with it or not. Blair did not have to do anything. When he was in the opposition, Blair harshly criticized Pinochet and the latter's abysmal human rights record. But in the end, Blair didn't have the courage of his convictions. What can we expect from a prime minister who turned the UK into the 51st US state?

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

@Aidan Name me one US-led war that Blair didn't like? In the Kosovo and Iraq Wars, it was Blair who was the first to support the US war effort. As for Pinochet, considering that he was responsible for the deaths of more than 3,000 Chileans and non-Chileans, why should we feel sorry for him for getting arrested? He was a mass murderer who should have been exterminated like the vermin that he was.

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

@Aidan I'm sure your uncles has some stories to tell!

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

@Aidan I'll check it out, thanks!

[@franciscoroxas3679]

Please read. CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HITMAN by John Perkins ....... smokes and mirrors

[@lacampanalibertaria7034]

I'm buying it... thank you

[@westmantooth9536]

Viva Latinoamerica

[@ElSmusso]

Socialism, freedom and justice will always prevail.

[@JoaoSilva22222]

Is it me or he wants to look like HO CHI MIN?

[@RamonaStrankowski-b2e]

No matter from which side you might be looking on the historical facts there has been done a lot of harm to the people. It might be helpful to link cause and effect. In the end, we are all human beings and we should behave as those.

[@claudiosaldivia5646]

Allende didn't suicide...they shooting him cuz in that case it'll a hero...

[@ebubekirdogan02]

Before you write any comment first watch video. Such a ignorant people...!

[@tonymardones3742]

Exiting time!!? Evidently you didn’t stand in line 4 hours for a half a kilo of bread 🥖 during the Allende years

[@ilovebooks49]

did you?

[@Retropopstop]

Did you not read about the history and the economic squeeze that the CIA and US together with the Chilean military put on the Chilean economy which made it hard to purchase food etc. the black market flourished. The CIA, the US and the Chilean military all worked together to protect American investments within Chile at the expense of its people. Facts

[@Creeper-m9]

When did John Bolton get that funny accent lol

[@yannipazmino8817]

lmao

[@Gurci28]

Allende died during the final events of the coup: his death is now widely regarded a suicide. On September 13, Pinochet was named President of Chile, whereupon he dismantled Congress and outlawed many Chilean leftist political parties. The takeover of the government ended a 46-year history of democratic rule in Chile. Source: History State Gov 17:16

[@mlarle]

This is kenite propaganda bad figs

[@agape423]

I'm a chilean with an accent too, but I can't get a word from the other guy

[@edplaza9557]

agape423 his bigotes are in the way

[@sebaken]

What about the intervention of Cuba and the KGB, why don't they talk about it

[@tylerhorner2392]

Is it odd that it was September 11

[@1almendz]

Funny enough, the Spaniards that were so keen looking at the wrong doings of Pinochet, never looked to the crimes of Franco. Ed\

[@Sebastian-zn3dx]

Pinochet is a hero, the real tyrant was Allende. It was the government of Salvador Allende that broke democracy, his government trained and armed more than 20,000 terrorists with Soviet clandestine weapons brought from Cuba to establish a communist dictatorship similar to the Cuban one in Chile. The overthrow of Allende was not due to the United States, it was the same National Congress that called on the Armed Forces to remove him from power on August 22, 1973. Salvador Allende had been a henchman of the USSR since the 1960s, received money and orders, this was revealed in the "Mitrojin File" declassified by Russia in the 90s. Allende was preparing a self-coup, because he knew that he was not supported by the majority and needed to assassinate and repress the majority of Chileans. The majority of Chileans never wanted to be a socialist country, Allende's arrival in power was a political mistake, a centrist political party, who supported him thinking that they could contain his extremism, was a big mistake, Allende ignored the agreement and governed as a dictator, he ignored the constitution and laws.

[@ktm4042]

@Sebastian-zn3dx WRONG. Everything you wrote is utter nonsense. Not supported by ANY facts. The "declassified" file you are attempting to refer to was the MITROKHIN papers, which says NOTHING about any payments or support to Allende. Russia didn't declassify his papers- Mitrokhin defected to the UK and he gave them his documents, you idiot. Allende had been a popular politician in Chilean govt for over 30 years prior to becoming president- the most extreme thing he wanted to do was nationalize Chile's copper mines. Declassified CIA and US govt documents prove the US was behind several aspects of a coup and destabilization effort for years. You are attempting to pass disinformation, and its a really, really, poor job. GARBAGE.

[@Doughtube]

Bro just stop copy and pasting you bootlicking traitor

[@Retropopstop]

I call BS

[@jphillips4611]

Morality was missing, Jesuit.

[@Gurci28]

President Theodore Roosevelt's assertive approach to Latin America and the Caribbean has often been characterized as the “Big Stick,” and his policy came to be known as the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. It placed Latin American nations within the United States' sphere of influence. Big Stick policy, in American history, policy popularized and named by Theodore Roosevelt that asserted U.S. domination when such dominance was considered the moral imperative. Sources: Britannica; history state gov; Quizlet

[@firstaid223]

I really dislike the way Kornbluh says Pinochet

[@siyacer]

Good

[@firstaid223]

Layton get back to work

[@AndiCude]

21:00

[@Liam-nn8jb]

HELICOPTER RIDES

[@mariamelhuish7298]

Coloquen este vídeo en castellano,please

[@plazamaipu8048]

HEY Peter. Allende broke Constitution 20 times. Did you know?

[@guadalier5892]

Could this be done ☑️ with Kissinger and should? 😮 21:53

[@dwdeclare1965]

man, that dude kinda has a living anonymous mask.

[@josephpalau897]

VIVA PINOCHET!!!!!! VIVA TRUMP!!!!

[@Tomalo111]

God Bless Augusto Pinochet!

[@firstaid223]

Yes, because god would want thousands of innocent people killed because they either supported Allende or "knew too much"...

[@sk8walker]

In hell

[@sirpancho]

sure with his anus in pain by all the demons he released and now part of a welcome committee in hell plus the souls of all the tortured and murdered civilians ;)

[@ronalddino6370]

Stop mock God Any where Pinochet is now no Good blessing is coming his way.

[@marcor.dimuzio7931]

Disgusting psychopath, coward, con that sold Chile, killed his own and then stole as much money as he could.

[@alvaro8450]

take your Reagan and your Kissinger and .... then we talk whith pinochet

[@patrickmccarron5059]

Pinochet ended Allende's unconstitutional communist government and restored democracy in 1988. Chile is today one of the richest countries in the world. The same cannot be said about Fidel Castro or Cuba which is one of the poorest countries in the world.

[@bigtomDW]

my family had to leave the country due to it all. the country was in ruins and IT IS till this day still facing the consequences of that day. my father go hit, tear gassed by soldiers running and doing what they want. the amount of family and friends who went "missing" cant have a communist in power so lets have a capitalist dictatorship.

[@c98an]

+Patrick McCarron So the US embargo on Cuba has nothing to do with the poverty and struggle in Cuba thru out the years huh?

[@patrickmccarron5059]

c98an, That is correct. The Castro Government blames the embargo, and useful idiots like yourself believe it. Cuba has open trade with the entire world except 1 country. The only people that profit in Cuba are the Castros and their government enforcers. The regular Cuban people are robbed of their labor, property, and dreams. bartered slaves to tourists and foreign companies for the Castro Government to profit on. The Government profits on their Cuban slave labor and turns around and gives the slave/worker like $13 a month to live off. The poverty due to the Communist Government, embargo has absolutely nothing to do with. The lack of Cubans being able to profit from their own work and have everything they earn stolen by the Castro Government kills their desire to work and produce for Cuba.

[@gratefuldennis1]

+Patrick McCarron The people of Chile went on a general strike to win elections. Salvador Allende was elected in fair international supervised elections Chile was a democracy. General Pinochet was a military dictator whose top officers were trained at the School of the Americas in Fort Benning Georgia. He was a brutal dictator. Your idea of government is sick. You are demeaning a President elected by the people and applauded a dictator. It is very clear where you are at.

[@patrickmccarron5059]

USASecretHistory, fascism = national socialism = castroism = communism

[@gtarbmx]

thanks for conveniently ignoring that Pinochet saved chile from the marxist blight and instilled a new era of prosperity.

[@KaibaCorpCEO]

Evidence? Pinochet was a torturer and murderer. Do you remember that?

[@AndresGrimace]

Fucking people i guess you are chilean like me, Pinochet and saving anything do not go together. Remember 40000+ people dead because of what thinking different? Are you insane? Also did you forget that Chile grow a lot more from 1991 than from 1973. Now tell me which side was on power from 1991?

[@marcor.dimuzio7931]

Prosperity. Hahahah. Maybe for 1% of the entire country but your ignorance cannot get what that means. You crazy fuck!

[@patrickmcqueen9309]

@@marcor.dimuzio7931 Tell me one good thing your comunist corrupted candidates from now have done other than bring more poverty immigrants delinquency and corruption. Crooks like you who prioritize gay marriage instead of helping covid 19 victims. Tell me fuck o

[@bloky5556]

@@patrickmcqueen9309 worker's rights, universal healthcare, poverty reduction, exterminating fascist larifundio owners

[@user-bm3ts2ql6s]

Glory to Pinochet. My General!

[@Gurci28]

The U.S. government and its Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had worked for three years to foment a coup against Allende, who was regarded by the Nixon administration as a threat to democracy in Chile and Latin America. Ironically, the democratically elected Allende was succeeded by the brutal dictator General Augusto Pinochet, who ruled over Chile with an iron fist for the next 17 years. Source: History

[@user-bm3ts2ql6s]

@@Gurci28 You would prefer the Communist government of the USSR which killed 30 million plus in our country and was propping up Allende?

[@foraustralia2558]

Your the same as a Communist. from the USSR.... just with a different coloured shirt

[@Gurci28]

Author Veronica Diaz-Cerda - October 15, 2018 General Pinochet arrest: 20 years on, here’s how it changed global justice 9:06 Overnight, the London Clinic arrest became a symbol of hope for justice and redress. For Pinochet - who died in 2006 - was, first and foremost, one of the most infamous dictators of the 1970s and 1980s. Source: The Conversation

[@Gurci28]

Author Veronica Diaz-Cerda - October 15, 2018 General Pinochet arrest: 20 years on, here’s how it changed global justice 9:06 Overnight, the London Clinic arrest became a symbol of hope for justice and redress. For Pinochet - who died in 2006 - was, first and foremost, one of the most infamous dictators of the 1970s and 1980s. Source: The Conversation

[@machscga6238]

THE REAL HERO IS PINOCHET!!!

[@SusiBlumentopf]

You never had any lessions in history, did you? And if, it was all a big fat lie.

[@ronalddino6370]

He is getting his awards in hell with Stalin and Hitler

[@LeoInterVir]

@@ronalddino6370 Stalin funded the other guy. The USSR funded the socialists and bought off their congress to appoint him. Sure the US helped Pinochet since he was the last opposition to Socialism and Communism in Latin America. Without Pinochet, Chile would have become essentially another Cuba.

[@foraustralia2558]

René Schneider was the Hero .. a True Patriot ... He did not like Allende( neither do I ) , yet he defended Chiles Honour

[@gustavogoncalves3900]

Thank God they saved Chile and Brazil in becomeing another Cuba

[@Kayclau]

Yeah, thank God they killed thousands of innocent people and killed democracy in the name of democracy.

[@AndresGrimace]

Are you stupid? Neither Chile or Brazil closed their economies towards capitalists countries like the US, so what the fuck did they saved by backing coups and later regimes that killed so many people?

[@thornimation5492]

I don't think Chile would have turned out like Cuba. Because unlike Fidel Castro (1959 - 2008, I'm not sure exactly when Raul took over as President) who came to power by winning a War against Batista and then turned into another Dictator himself, Salvador Allende (1970 - 1973) was elected to power in a Democratic Election.

[@morpheus9137]

@@thornimation5492 Exactly they don't want anybody to see a fair system, because then they would realize how badly the game is rigged.

[@oscarin13]

I mean who needs freedom and accountability when you are free of those evil commies amirite?

[@patrickmccarron5059]

And the Soviet Union and KGB did not aid Allende?

[@gratefuldennis1]

+Onward Legions! They sure didn't help enough obviously.

[@patrickmccarron5059]

*****, don't kid yourself. KGB is trying to return Russia back to being a Soviet Union again, and have turned all of South America and Mexico into bastions of socialism. America is becoming a socialist country too thanks to Obama and Democrat Socialist Party.

[@gratefuldennis1]

+Patrick McCarron That's a lot better than the Fascism America now has. Which you seem to embrace. We have overthrew democracies and replaced them with brutal dictators for a long time now. Like Suharto in Indonesia who killed over a million of his own people and a 3rd of the population of East Timor and met with all the President from Kennedy to Clinton. Also Marcus, Somoza, Batiste, Trujillo, Noriega, Cerezo, Cristiani, Chiang Kai-Shek, Diem, Marcos, Shah of Iran, Franco, Just to name a few. We we do it it is okay for you I guess. We have armed and trained all the people we are fighting against now in the middle East. We trained and armed the Mujahideen who became the Taliban and Al-Qaeda to fight the Russian’s in Afghanistan. We brought Saddam Hussein to power who assassinated the President of Iraq and enabled the Ba'ath Party to take power. It is Saddam’s elite Republican Guard that is now the leadership of Isis. And it goes on and on. You will be better off talking to people that listen to Fox news as the people here are far to informed to believe your BS.

[@patrickmccarron5059]

gratefuldennis1, America has no fascism.

[@gratefuldennis1]

+Patrick McCarron It is just not my opinion; First from the father of Fascism himself: “Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of State and corporate power.” -Benito Mussolini "The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy." -Woodrow T. Wilson (American 28th President of the United States 1856-1924) "Unhappy events abroad have retaught us two simple truths about the liberty of a democratic people. The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of a private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.” -FDR: message to Congress proposing the monopoly investigation, 1938 "The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government of the U.S. since the days of Andrew Jackson." -Franklin D. Roosevelt "An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics." -Plutarch - Mestrius Plutarchus (c. 46 AD- 127 AD) was a Greek historian, biographer, and essayist. “This great and powerful force-the accumulated wealth of the United States-has taken over all the functions of Government, Congress, the issue of money, and banking and the army and navy in order to have a band of mercenaries to do their bidding and protect their stolen property.” -Senator Richard Pettigrew - Triumphant Plutocracy - Published, January 1, 1922. "These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel." -U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, speech to Illinois legislature, Jan. 1837. "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of war, corporations have been enthroned, and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the republic is destroyed. I feel, at this moment, more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war. God grant that my suspicions may prove groundless."-Lincoln in a letter to Col. William F. Elkins on November 21, 1864 “I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country.” -Thomas Jefferson "All the public business in Congress now connects itself with intrigues, and there is great danger that the whole government will degenerate into a struggle of cabals." -John Quincy Adams- (1767-1848) 6th US President You must remember that the term ‘Fascism’ wasn’t known until Benito Mussolini coined the term “fascism” in 1919 to describe his political movement. So when people before that time talked about money influencing politics that is what they were talking about.

[@agape423]

Valparaiso a "coastal town"???

[@albertopalma1663]

Yes, It's on the Pacific shore.

[@josesalas732]

It even has an enorumous international ship port. even harbor. whats wrong with coastal town? maybe not town, yet a city, but it really is coastal!

[@mg5679]

Pinochet is a hero.

[@Gurci28]

Documenting U.S. Role in Democracy’s Fall and Dictator’s Rise in Chile By Pascale Bonnefoy - Oct. 14, 2017 An old rotary phone rings insistently. The conversation took place on a Sunday morning in September 1973 between former President Richard M. Nixon and his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger. The two men were discussing football - and the violent overthrow of a democratically elected government 5,000 miles away with their assistance. Source: The New York Times 6:19

[@3266393]

no it´s not XD

[@kirstycollins4237]

I thank god I was born in Australia. A country with democracy where nearly everyone votes and our votes are respected.

[@AndresGrimace]

UStralia you mean?

[@morpheus9137]

Australia is becoming a facist mess like the USA.

[@mattyb5220]

Nearly everyone vote coz we get fined if we don’t!

[@thespamdance311]

Don’t get too smug. Our ruling class is well along the road of selling us out. They’ve even banned us from leaving the country now.

[@lloydritchey]

This sadly didn't age well.