What horror the face of fascism creates!
They carry out their plans with knife-like precision,
For them, blood equals medals,
How hard it is to sing when I must sing of horror
In which silence and screams are the end of my song.
After two days, they killed him. ibid.
I really think Chile was probably the bassist and most corrupt of all the actions, because it had nothing to do with national security. Seymour Herst, author The Price of Power
It is the firm and continuing policy that Allende be overthrown by a coup. It is imperative that these actions be implemented clandestinely and securely so that the USG [United States Government] and American hand be well hidden. CIA cable to Chile
The only reason Chile exists is because of Pinochet. What human price? Give me a break! Thousands? You count them. What thousands? Don’t talk to me about Truth Commissions. There aren’t thousands. Duane Clarridge, CIA Head of Chile Operations 1981-1984
Like Caesar peering into the colonies from distant Rome, Nixon said the choice of government by the Chileans was unacceptable to the President of the United States. Frank Church, senator, 1976
We now know that Pinochet’s 1973 coup, which overthrew an elected government, rounded up 70,000 of its supporters, burnt their books, raped the women, tortured and murdered at least 10,000 people, was planned in the dear old democratic US by an intelligence agency which was set up ostensibly to protect democracy. The reason for the coup was that investors in Chile had become sick and tired of laws which tried, usually unsuccessfully, to keep prices down. Low prices meant low profits, and low profits for any length of time were intolerable. Paul Foot, No Time to Make Up
These deep two-thousand-foot valleys are covered – literally covered - for many many miles with geoglyphs or hieroglyphs or glyphs – writing on the sides of the sand ... A zoo of the Atacama – animals, pumas, jaguars, tigers, llama trains, reptiles, dogs ... All these immense figures were soon discovered as the Spaniards moved across the Atacama and down into the colonisation of Chile. Jim Woodman, televised interview Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World
We found Cerro Unitas [Chile]. And I was astonished about five miles from the hill I saw Nazca-type runways. We pressed on and got to the base of the runways and began a climb around the edge of the largest ridge on this solitary mountain. And as we climbed the ridge and came to the crest I looked across a saddle in the mountain and there we could make out the first faint outlines of a Giant. The mammoth size of the Giant ran over the crest of the mountain so it’s impossible on the ground to get the full scope of the Giant. ibid.
Rural sections of South America are apparently being plagued by a vampire-like creature: Chupacabra. Destination Truth s1e3, Skyfy 2007
Something has been butchering livestock by the thousands. ibid.
The Atacama Desert in Chile covers seventy thousand square miles of uninhabitable and unexplored rock. Over twenty million years old and fifteen times drier than California’s Death Valley it’s high on my list of the most uncomfortable places on Earth. On the highway traversing the desert several drivers recently reported seeing a dinosaur-like creature keeping pace with their cars. Destination Truth s3e8
Huge footprints ... Three toes. This canyon was just the type of remote habitat where a creature could have survived. ibid.
I was stunned that these were the prints of an actual dinosaur. And though they were probably laid down in the mud millions of years ago, the discovery of a pristine set of tracks like this is incredibly rare and represents a huge find for our team. ibid.
There is no place more abandoned that two neighbouring ghost towns buried deep within the deserts of northern Chile ... Many workers including young children suffered horrible deaths ... Witnesses report that the dead rise from their graves at night in the cemetery at La Noria. It is also said that photos taken at Humberstone reveal ghostly images of dead miners. Destination Truth s3e13
Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have a ways to go toward greater equity. This country does not have a neoliberal economic model any more. We have put in place a lot of policies that will ensure that economic growth goes hand in hand with social justice. Michelle Bachelet
Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood. Augusto Pinochet
I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist – although the term had not reached Chile yet, so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me. Isabel Allende
Before the military coup in Chile, we had the idea that military coups happen in Banana Republics, somewhere in Central America. It would never happen in Chile. Chile was such a solid democracy. And when it happened, it had brutal characteristics. Isabel Allende
We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. In times of tragedy, of war, of necessity, people do amazing things. The human capacity for survival and renewal is awesome. Isabel Allende
Chile have three options – they could win or they could lose. Kevin Keegan
Scumbag! We don’t want your new world order! … You’re killing a lot of people … leave, Chile, OK? … You’re a traitor to Chile! Illuminati Plans 2016, Anunnaki Truth, viz Youtube, protester to David Rockefeller rolling up at Chile airport to do his NWO/fascist ting
The singing, the yelling, the dressing up in red. The Opposition ***** fan, ESPN 2014
It’s very difficult to get a player to talk politics. They don’t talk. They’re afraid. They’re scared. We were the black sheep. We were dissidents. ibid. Carlos Caszely, Chile national team 1969-1985
The team represented a great generation of Chilean soccer players. ibid. Julio Salviat, journalist
Behind the scenes, the US funded propaganda campaigns and starved aid to Chile in an effort to undercut Allende’s leftist agenda. ibid. caption
By eliminating Peru, the team set up a two game playoff versus the Soviet Union for a spot in the World Cup. But Chile was crumbling. ibid.
The lust for power killed those dreams. ibid. journalist
On the way to training I saw dead bodies. ibid. dissident player
I was arrested. The accusation was that I was a dangerous activist. I was brought to the National Stadium. I never imagined that a place such as this could be made into a concentration camp. ibid.
The Soviet Union sent a letter to FIFA protesting its upcoming game versus Chile on moral grounds. ibid. caption
Russia isn’t coming … You’ll still have to take the field tomorrow and score a goal … It was a FIFA stipulation. ibid. dissident player
From September to November 1973 an estimated 40,000 people were imprisoned at Chile’s National Stadium. ibid.
Six months before the bombing of the La Moneda palace the Chilean people are voting to renew parliament. The Battle of Chile I: The Insurrection of the Bourgeoisie, 1975
‘The civil war is inevitable and fundamental … One one side the bourgeoisie and on the other the proletariat.’ ibid. worker
After two years of an economic boycott imposed by Washington and internal opposition. ibid.
Popular Unity [Allende] increases to 43.4% of the votes and increase their numbers in parliament. ibid.
‘It’s all rationed: coffee, milk, everything.’ ibid. shopper
‘We can’t work with the bosses.’ ibid. workers
‘It is also necessary to provoke violence and social chaos. That is the main aim of this organisation. ibid. right-wing Homeland Freedom
The opposition finds a pretext to continue the social agitation. ibid.
‘It’s a bourgeois state which we have to overthrow.’ ibid. frustrated worker
‘In April 108 managers mainly from the transport sector receive training in the United States.’ ibid.
‘I will resolutely carry through the programme of Popular Unity.’ ibid. Allende
On 28th May retired officers of the high command sent a public letter to president Allende stating that the armed forces will consider themselves autonomous should the government violate the constitution. ibid.
Since 1950 more than 4,000 officers have been on training courses in the US and in the Panama Canal area. ibid.
They decide to move on the capital … The opposition calls out its troublemakers. ibid.
‘How long are those mummies going to fuck us up?’ ibid. worker
‘Allende! Allende! The people will defend you!’ ibid. popular support against agitators
‘We can’t put up with fascism any more.’ ibid.