Salvador Allende

In a scene from the 2006 Peruvian film Madeinusa, Don Cayo—mayor of the fictional Andean town of Manayaycuna, breaks a clay pot full of food on the ground, as a gesture that signals the beginning of tiempo santo. As they file out of church after mass, the people of the town prepare to celebrate a period that starts at 3pm on Good Friday—the time of Jesus’ crucifixion—and ends at 6am on Easter Sunday, the time of his resurrection. According to local custom, during this period there is no sin:…

In Chile, like Argentina, the country used ISI before the military take over in 1973. The election 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…

The 2011 Pura Belpré Award for Narrative was presented to Pam Muñoz Ryan for her work in The Dreamer. The Dreamer tells the story of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda, who overcame a traumatic childhood to become one of Chile’s most renowned citizens. The Dreamer depicts Neruda’s , who's real name is Neftali Reyes, life through the use of pieces of poetry and prose. This structure aids the book in discussing topics such as abuse, love, and childhood imagination. The Dreamer earned the Pura…

Deborah Kaye Allen, known as Debbie Allen is one of America’s brightest stars. She is a famous actress, dancer and choreographer. She was born on January 16, 1950 in Houston, Texas. She is the third child of poet and director Vivian Ayers, and orthodontist Arthur Allen. Debbie was 3 when she began dancing. By age 8 she set her goals and was determined to be a professional dancer. In 1957, Deborah’s parents divorced. This divorcee left Vivian, Debbie’s mother as the main caregiver or her…

Augusto Pinochet was one of the worst and cruelest presidents in the history of the modern world, yet he walked away with years of crimes without anything further than some time in house arrest. He even got out of standing trial for his crimes on a bogus case of “Mental Inability” when he was in near-perfect health for a man his age. Additionally, MOST of the soldiers that committed these heinous acts for Pinochet have walked free(No consequence whatsoever), which is an enormous miscarriage of…

After the task of coordinating and unifying the opposition was achieved, the foremost task was to force the regime to surrender power. In 1983, external and internal pressures were eased after the Chilean government followed suit with foreign demand by opening itself to liberation. Quickly after the regime canceled its ties with the opposition, as a result anti-government initiatives reappeared. A state of siege was imposed, lifted due to international linkage/leverage pressure, and then…

Pablo Neruda was a poet by the age of 10. He Wrote in a variety of styles such as a epics, historical poems, love poems and many other styles. Pablo was a senator of the Chilean Communist Party for one year. Pablo was hospitalised with cancer but left five days later after he suspected a doctor of ingesting an unknown substance in his stomach for the purpose of murdering him. Neruda died six and a half hours later after the injection on September 23, 1973. He was 69 years old. The government…

Isabel Allende, in her memoir My Invented Country, connotes her experience as an Immigrant around the world before settling in America with feelings of misery and emptiness. She recalls her experience escaping her homeland and traveling as the step-daughter of a diplomat as incredibly lonely without a defined sense of direction. Allende experiences reveries of Chile that nip at her heels and cause her to crave home. She rejects the racism of the society and experiences difficulty in assimilating…

The short story, “Letters of Betrayed Love” by Isabel Allende impresses the theme that women can become empowered by becoming independent of oppressive men. Analía is obstinate by nature, and from a young age, she holds her uncle, Eugenio, in great contempt. When Eugenio attempts to lay her life plan before her, out of pure contrariness, Analía “informed her uncle that she was not inclined to follow it” (286). Analía lives in the company of only female adults for a very long time, and likely…

The Singing Widow Isabel Pantoja, a mother, singer, spouse, bride of Spain, Queen of the Copla, and a widow. La Pantoja was born on the 2nd of August, 1952 to a family of fame and riches. Her mother was a famed flamenco dancer while both her father, famed from a 50’s song, and her granddad, a gypsy singer were living in the spotlight of Spain. Although, these family members lost fame quickly and because of Isabel and her three siblings the family went through many financial disabilities.She…