I am no expert on Latin American politics, but in !973 I
remember the name Pinochet sent chills down my spine. I recall reading
about mass executions in sports stadiums. Just the other day the evil
of Pinochet's regime was recalled to my mind while listening to
actor Christopher Reeve's audio book " I'm still me ". Reeve mentioned
trying to save Chilean artists -like his father " politically progressive "-
from the wrath of the bloody dictator Pinochet.
Salvadore Allende, the Marxist, was a hero compared to Pinochet.
I understand Spain thinks that he has the blood of Spanish citizens
on his hands. Of course he could well have been a disciple of Spain's
own notorious fascist, Francisco Franco . Did not that old bastard
die peacefully in his sleep, a revered old man ?
The Cold War made the likes of Pinochet inevitable in Latin
America. Would be dictators today do not have the bogeyman of international
communism to help them hold on to power. Pinochet is a living dinosaur.
It seems only just that the people of Chile themselves -who
suffered under his regime - be the ones to judge Pinochet 's crimes
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