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Aug
31
2011

  • What some are calling "the Chilean Winter"--a reference to the "Arab Spring"--is in many ways a continuation of mass protests in 2006, in which over half a million protesters forced then-President Michelle Bachelet to concede millions in spending demands and promise reforms. Those reforms never appeared.
  • [Acuña] invoked the famous phrase Gen. Augusto Pinohet used while toppling President Salvador Allende in 1973. Pinochet was recorded telling his troops: "If you kill the bitch, you do away with the litter."
Oct
21
2010

  • Only two years ago, Mr Morales suggested that Mr Garcia was "fat and not very anti-imperialist." Mr Garcia suggested Mr Morales "shut up".

  • Realising straightaway that the sheer depth at which they were trapped meant   it could be days, or even weeks, until they were located by rescuers, the   men embarked on a rationing system. They would eat just two teaspoons of   canned tuna and a biscuit every 48 hours. Each of these "meals"   was to be washed down with two sips of milk.
Jun
6
2010

  • Chile's late dictator Augusto Pinochet amassed a fortune of US$21m, of which less than 10 per cent could be accounted for by his salary, according to a study ordered by the country's Supreme Court.
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