First‚ I will discuss Salvatore Allende‚ who was the president of Chile from 1970-1973. Allende pursued a policy called “La Via Chilena”‚ which translates in English to The Chilean Way of Socialism. Allende’s socialist ideas included the nationalization of certain industries such as the mining of copper‚ the healthcare system‚ and the redistribution of land. This was opposed by land owners‚ the middle class‚ and even the U.S. owned companies‚ which Allende did not fully compensate for the mines
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As written by Isabel Allende‚ the novel “Ines of My Soul” captures the Spanish Conquest of the South Americas during the early to late 1500’s. In this story of Inés Suárez‚ an actual historic figure who lived in the early-mid 1500’s and one of the founders of Chile‚ she is a very old woman about to die and is recounting the story of her adventure-filled life to her daughter. She was born into a poor family and spent her childhood in Spain‚ and eventually made her way to the New World. She lived in
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eliminated Salvador Allende who was a socialist president. Pinochet joined the Chilean army at the age of 20(1935). He was a military officer but rose through the ranks and was then appointed as Commander in Chief by President Salvador Allende in 1973. After a month of being appointed as Commander‚ Pinochet led the military coup overthrowing Allende and his government as well as the presidential palace‚ which was attacked by air assaults. Pinochet’s premeditated plan against Allende was supported by
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The United States’ Involvement in Operation Condor Operation Condor was a collaboration between several South American authoritarian regimes to eliminate and repress perceived threats‚ particularly left-wing supporters. The U.S. was a supporter and sponsor of several military coups in countries that would later participate in Operation Condor. Furthermore‚ countries coordinated Operation Condor by establishing a communications system using encryption machines from Crypto AG‚ a Swiss company secretly
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mysterious person she has been called ‘Clara the clairvoyant’ (allende‚ 92) she has the power to read dreams and know the future she is said to be very organised ‘she was in the habit of writhing down important matters and after words‚ when she was in mute‚ she also recorded trivialities...” (Allende‚ 11) Magical realism‚ a major part of both the books. Allende and Susskind both use magical realism as a major theme and style of the book. Allende has used magical realism as a simple straight forward presentation
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the hands of the workers to either live free‚ or die trying to gain that freedom. The necessity for the Chilean revolution was not only seen from the bottom up perspective of the workers‚ it also was recognized from the top down‚ by the Salvador Allende government‚ and the people of Chile who voted his Populist Party into power. Faced with the majority of its wealth in the hands of the elite class and foreign investors‚ the workers‚ peasants‚ urban lower class‚ and the indigenous population were
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to actual events using the only means of expression at their disposal. Most probably Allende wrote about the pre-coup period for two reasons‚ firstly to display the traditional patriarchal society in Chile‚ and secondly - with the overthrow of the government - to raise awareness of that experience that might happen in other countries. Chile is not one of the leading countries of the world‚ and therefore Allende felt that the world was inattentive to the actions taking place in her country. The overthrow
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September 11‚ 1973 as they communicated over the willingness of Allende to negotiate‚ but the general will hear nothing of it. That same morning a Chilean Air Force plane flew over the skies of La Moneda‚ presidential palace of Santiago‚ Chile and bombed it. 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 reasons exist as to why the Chilean
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Introduction Movies can be described as a ”cultural mirror”‚ a valuable reflection of attitudes‚ philosophies‚ values and lifestyles because they enlarge and enrich the frontiers of our knowledge. Needless to say‚ we can enjoy a movie and also learn the culture‚ the language‚ the customs and the traditions of people from different countries. Obviously‚ a successful film inspires and emboldens us to strive for a better life and this will help us to improve our way of thinking
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naked eye and to all radars. A man named Carlos Miguel Allende witnessed the act while serving on a nearby merchant ship‚ SS Andrew Furuseth. In 1956 M.K. Jessup‚ the author of The Case for UFOs‚ received a handwritten letter by Allende telling him about the experiment. Allende described it as the military radiating the ship with electromagnetic beams. Jessup’s book‚ The Case For UFOs was soon published and included information about Allende and the experiment. Admiral N. Furuth chief ONR’s Special
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