Reflection Paper Five: Isabelle Allende: Reflections
Upon viewing Isabel Allende: Reflections, I feel as though I have an inner eye into the lives of civilians, in terms of dealing with the military coup. Before viewing this video I was unfamiliar with the term Military coup and had to do some research. From what I gathered, a Military coup can be best defined as: a sudden overthrow of a government which is usually carried out by a small group of participants or individuals who were previously in positions of authority.by a usually small group of persons in or previously in positions of authority. To return to the topic on hand, according to Isabel Allende, the Pinchet coup crushed Chile’s dreams of democracy when, on September 11th. 1973, the Pinochet Coup, led by none other than Augusto Pinochet, the head of the Chilean army. As the film states, “It ended a long democratic tradition. Thousand went out of the country. Many were arrested and killed and tortured, and then we had almost Seventeen years of dictatorship which changed the country.” (Isabelle Allende, 2009).
One of the most devastating aspects of the video, in my opinion, is that she, along with a great deal of others, were forced into exile after the death of her beloved uncle, President Salvador Allende, I cannot imagine being forced to flee from my home …show more content…
And according to Isabella Allende, it is the United States who is largely responsible, for they, in her opinion led the coup because they did not think that Chile could portray Democratic values and feared socialism. In the article she states, that after the election in1970, “Immediately the opposition, the parties of the right and with the help of the American Cia, sabotaged the process and so we had a political, economic, and social crisis.” (Isabelle Allende,
Upon viewing Isabel Allende: Reflections, I feel as though I have an inner eye into the lives of civilians, in terms of dealing with the military coup. Before viewing this video I was unfamiliar with the term Military coup and had to do some research. From what I gathered, a Military coup can be best defined as: a sudden overthrow of a government which is usually carried out by a small group of participants or individuals who were previously in positions of authority.by a usually small group of persons in or previously in positions of authority. To return to the topic on hand, according to Isabel Allende, the Pinchet coup crushed Chile’s dreams of democracy when, on September 11th. 1973, the Pinochet Coup, led by none other than Augusto Pinochet, the head of the Chilean army. As the film states, “It ended a long democratic tradition. Thousand went out of the country. Many were arrested and killed and tortured, and then we had almost Seventeen years of dictatorship which changed the country.” (Isabelle Allende, 2009).
One of the most devastating aspects of the video, in my opinion, is that she, along with a great deal of others, were forced into exile after the death of her beloved uncle, President Salvador Allende, I cannot imagine being forced to flee from my home …show more content…
And according to Isabella Allende, it is the United States who is largely responsible, for they, in her opinion led the coup because they did not think that Chile could portray Democratic values and feared socialism. In the article she states, that after the election in1970, “Immediately the opposition, the parties of the right and with the help of the American Cia, sabotaged the process and so we had a political, economic, and social crisis.” (Isabelle Allende,