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To: epicure who wrote (114574)	9/11/2003 9:20:07 PM
From: marcos	Respond to of 281500

Lest we forget - 11 september 2003 is the thirtieth anniversary of the day democracy died in Chile - ' .... At 4am on 11 September, a date that is now synonymous with strikes against democracy, military units stationed throughout Chile reported for action to the leaders of the coup, led by Augusto Pinochet2. By 7am, these troops were being deployed, their aim to wrest the urban centres of Chile from local politicians. The most effective operation was carried out in Concepción, the country's third largest city - the military had cut all the phone lines of governmental personnel and had rounded everyone up and placed them on an island to keep them from communicating what had happened to the rest of the world. Once these key players had been removed, the city slipped into military hands. The whole operation took less than 85 minutes to execute. Valparaíso, Chile's major port, was taken in stages. The navy had seized the port by 7am but they were unsure at this time whether or not the Chilean army was on their side or not. However, it became clear that all the armed forces were in cahoots and the city and port fell in a matter of hours. While two of the country's largest cities fell, the nation slept, blissfully unaware of the turmoil about to erupt. The Day Unfolds At 6.20am, President Allende was alerted to the fact that the navy were trying to capture the port of Valparaíso and on hearing the news, he immediately removed himself to La Moneda, the presidential palace in the heart of the nation's capital, Santiago - surely the next target on the military's list. Allende was given the opportunity to leave the country by plane in an offer made by a military aide-de-camp General von Schowen. Allende declined the offer saying: Tell General von Schowen that the President of Chile does not flee in a plane. As he knows how a soldier should act, I will know how to fulfill my duty as President of the Republic. ..... ' bbc.co.uk ... which was the beginning of the process, of the death of Víctor Jara - msu.edu ... who was a good friend of Phil Ochs, who once wrote, and sang - ' I like Hitler, Jolly Jolly Hitler I like Hitler and Mussolini too I like Franco in Spain And I'll have to maintain That Batista was Really quite all right Trujillo was my man Henry Ford/Hendrik Verwoerd would understand What this country really needs is apartheid Loyally we Birch along Birch along, Birch along Loyaly we Birch along Back to the good old days God save the king ' cs.pdx.edu .... albeit, with somewhat the tongue in cheek .... hi folks, just checking in after what seems like weeks, tried to catch up in twenty minutes, well good luck on that, lol ..... my Main Thought for the day, is that in dealing with which we must deal, it could well profit us to remember who we are .... and to whom we aspire to be .... cheers ' Allí hermano, aquí sobre la tierra, el alma se nos llena de banderas <-- ['our souls are filled with banners'] que avanzan. Contra el miedo avanzan. Venceremos. ' <--- ['we shall overcome'] msu.edu