Augusto Pinochet

of Allende in 1970 began a shift towards political and economic socialism in the country without the support of the people. Some of his reforms concerned land distribution, the nationalization of industry and the expansion of social welfare. The Pinochet dictatorship did not implement neoliberal reforms until the late 1970s even as the country was experiencing hardship due to a decrease in oil prices. Neoliberalism began between 1978-79 under the influence of the Chicago Boys. As with the…

History Chile fighting for independence against spain in 1810. initial revolts were suppressed. The Spanish were quickly defeated, and one of the revolution's heroes, Bernardo O'Higgins, became supreme dictator of the new republic. O’higgins left the country in 1823. A civil war in 1891 was followed by less stable governments and military interventions. In 1932 chile returned to constitutional rule. By 1970 a lot of people socialism could solve a lot of their problems as soon as…

US Covert Operations in Chile 1963-1974 On September 11, 1973, a Chilean Air Force plane flew over the skies of La Moneda, presidential palace of Chile. Inside Salvador Allende , the first Marxist socialist chief of state ever elected in a democratic country via free vote three years earlier . Rather than surrender to a military coup, Allende commits suicide . Many reason exist as to why the Chilean military decided to overthrow a democratic government. Some attribute it to the United States…

Dewey & Freire: An Experiential, Social Approach to Early Childhood Education When connecting the philosophical theories learned in class with my future pedagogical practices, I am naturally inclined to focus on those philosophers whose ideas resonated with me the most. As a believer that the purpose of education is to raise active members of society and that education can indeed change and improve our social system, I selected John Dewey and Paulo Freire as the two pillars of my teaching…

Augusto Boal and Bertolt Brecht are two performance theorists who have two very different perspectives on theatre. Brecht used his experience of a Marxist to influence his idea of “epic theatre” to stir the will of action in its audience. Boal believed it to be detrimental for a play’s audience to have an emotional understanding of the characters and the effects the play have on said characters. I am curious about how the theories of Boal and Brecht apply to Tokyo Fish Story which was written by…

Lorenzo’s Oil In the Lorenzo’s Oil, a boy named Lorenzo is diagnosed with Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). ALD is a genetic disorder that affects 1 in every 18,000 people. It mostly affects boys. The disorder destroys myelin, which is the protective part of the brain that surrounds the neurons. Lorenzo’s family had courage and persistence which inspired me. Michaelia shouldn’t feel guilty that it was her genes that caused Lorenzo to have ALD. I believe that everyone needs people to help them at…

Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, better known to the rest of the world as Augusto Pinochet, was the dictator of Chile, reigning as president of the Government Junta of Chile from 1973 to 1990. He was the commander in chief of the Chilean army from 1973 through 1998. He assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973, overthrowing the Unidad Popular government of Salvador Allende and ending civilian rule a week before its 48th anniversary. In 1949, Pinochet entered the Academia de Guerra…

Augusto Pinochet, was President of Chile for seventeen years, ruling between the years 1973 and 1990, standing as a dictator after overthrowing Allende, the democratically elected President of Chile. The dictator wasn't seen as a good leader by many, being accused…

The South American Economic Miracle Since colonial times, Spanish South American countries have been at the mercy of foreign interests. Spain dominated the fertile and mineral rich Spanish South American landscape, using it to extract raw materials and ultimately profit largely at the cost of land deterioration and slave work. Culture, language, and more importantly, socio-economic strategies used in South America by Europeans or North Americans have played a crucial role in the course of many…

Throughout the Cold War, the United States main doctrine was that of containment, the threat of Communist expansion needed to be counter-act regardless of the cost to life and property (Davila 1950). In South America this was no exception, the United States (along with Western allies such as France, Spain, and Canada who on some instances intervened) would often work to destabilize and depose various governments, some democratic and liberal in nature, for political and social aims (Davila 1961).…