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Showing posts with label Chile. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chile. Show all posts
Memories of Victor Jara - English activist remembers (English)
Victor Torres - Chilean Students - Estudiantes Chilenos (Spanish/Espanol). Victor Torres habla.
Tue, 20 September 2011 6.3Mb 256kbps. stereo. 13 minutes. Interview with student spokesperson for the Chilean student movement that is sending a shockwave through Latin American society with its determined resistance to the privatisation of the education system. Entrevista con un vocero de los estudiantes en resistiencia a la privitisacion de educacion en Chile, y America latina. |
The Other September 11 - Chilean voices
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29 Mb. 128kbps. stereo. 31 mins 36 seconds.
Chile election result - Victor Marillanca (English)
5.3 Mb 128 kbps 5minutes 30 seconds
Victor Marillanca, representative of the Chilean Socialist Party in Australia discusses the somewhat paradoxical results of the Chilean elections last January. The Chilean Socialist party lost to a right wing President, yet there is strong representation and recognition by the new government of representatives with strongly held left wing views, which could lead to interesting developments in the relations between Chile and the other Latin American nations.
Victor Marillanca, representative of the Chilean Socialist Party in Australia discusses the somewhat paradoxical results of the Chilean elections last January. The Chilean Socialist party lost to a right wing President, yet there is strong representation and recognition by the new government of representatives with strongly held left wing views, which could lead to interesting developments in the relations between Chile and the other Latin American nations.
Chile election result - Victor Marillanca (Spanish/Espanol)
12Mb 128 kbps mono 13 minutes
Victor Marillanca, represenante del Partido Socialista de Chile en Australia habla sobre los resultos paradojicos de las elecciones de Chile en Enero, con un Presidente derechista, pero unos fuertes representantes de la izquierda - una bancada que puede resultar bien interesante en la region del Cono Sur.
Victor Marillanca, represenante del Partido Socialista de Chile en Australia habla sobre los resultos paradojicos de las elecciones de Chile en Enero, con un Presidente derechista, pero unos fuertes representantes de la izquierda - una bancada que puede resultar bien interesante en la region del Cono Sur.
Rio Summit 2010 - Toni Solo Part 1
5.3 Mb 128 kbps mono 5minutes 49 seconds
Toni Solo of Tortilla con Sal comments on the historic decisions made in this year's summit of the Group of Rio and the Latin American summit in which the US and Canada were excluded from key meetings. Toni reports from Nicaragua, and what this historic summit means for the Central American region.
Toni Solo of Tortilla con Sal comments on the historic decisions made in this year's summit of the Group of Rio and the Latin American summit in which the US and Canada were excluded from key meetings. Toni reports from Nicaragua, and what this historic summit means for the Central American region.
Rio Summit 2010 - Toni Solo Part 2
Toni Solo of Tortilla con Sal comments on the historic decisions made in this year's summit of the Group of Rio and the Latin American summit in which the US and Canada were excluded from key meetings. Toni reports from Nicaragua, and what this historic summit means for the Central American region.
The Other September 11
The 'other' September 11 which few North Americans are aware of, but is indelibly engraved in the memories of most Latin Americans - that is the US inspired coup against Salvador Allende (a legally elected President)
and his government in 1973. Over three thousand Chileans were killed immediately in Chile Stadium after the post coup 'round up'
and his government in 1973. Over three thousand Chileans were killed immediately in Chile Stadium after the post coup 'round up'
The footage here of the bombing of the Moncada (the Presidential Palace)has an eerie resonance with the images of 2001.
The military coup ushered in over two decades of Pinochet's military dictatorship. Many Chilean torture victims went to Australia, Scandinavia, Canada and other countries as refugees.
While sympathetic to the tragedy of 9/11/01 I can also understand the sentiments of Latin Americans who saw it as 'collateral damage' coming home to roost.
Another uncanny resonance I find in this footage is Allende's speech before he was killed, but when he still had some media access (in fact, he announced it as his final speech) - he predicted that the fascists would take and destroy certain radio stations and newspapers, and the headquarters of some of the social organisations.
Even as I write this I am awaiting news from a friend in Bolivia. Yesterday the Bolivian government expelled the US Ambassador for his support of right wing organisations that attempted to take over the government of the Province of Santa Cruz last Tuesday, with their leader threatening to divide the country. Here is an extract from the news she sent me yesterday:
"After destroying property of recently-nationalised public entities, the fascist groups then burnt the offices of the human rights organization, Centre for Juridical and Social Studies (CEJIS), before turning their attention to media outlets. Radio Patria Nueva installations were burnt, offices of the State television company Channel Seven in Santa Cruz were attacked and equipment stolen. They forced Radio Alternativa to suspend broadcasts and intimidated other media that are not aligned to the movement for elite-led autonomy, in scenes reminiscent of the previous week in Cobija, where four radio stations had to cease transmission in order to protect the safety of their journalists."
It seems that some people never learn and try to force history to repeat itself in an endless loop. But then again, what goes around, comes around.
