Pablo Sepulveda Allende says that sabotage by the US led to the navy coup that ousted his grandfather within the Seventies
Ever since Salvador Allende was elected as Chile’s first socialist president in 1970, the US was adamant on eradicating him from energy and used financial sabotage and different means to create the situations for a navy coup, Allende’s grandson, Pablo Sepulveda Allende, has advised RT.
Pablo Sepulveda Allende was chatting with former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, who has launched a brand new speak present on RT devoted to analyzing the wave of US-backed coup d’etats that unfold throughout South America within the twentieth century.
Talking in regards to the September 11, 1973 coup carried out by Augusto Pinochet, Allende acknowledged that though Chile admittedly had plenty of financial points on the time, he insisted that every one of them had largely been provoked by america.
He recalled the notorious order given by US President Richard Nixon to the CIA to “make the [Chilean] financial system scream” and forestall Allende from coming to energy or unseat him if he does.
Right now, 50 years after the coup, and over 20 years after the tip of Pinochet’s dictatorship, Chile remains to be looking for its footing, Allende stated. Regardless of his nation generally being described as one of the developed nations in Latin America, he insisted that there’s a false impression about Chile’s financial system and society. Allende identified that there’s nonetheless loads of poverty within the nation and that most individuals are deeply indebted.
Allende additionally argued that neoliberalism, which has been the dominant ideology in Chilean politics, had basically been compelled on Chile following the 17 years of state terror that was waged by Pinochet’s authoritarian navy dictatorship.
He decried the truth that Chile’s trendy left-wing events have embraced neoliberalism and made pacts with the proper so as to keep in energy. He claimed that the Socialist Get together, in addition to different members of the center-left coalition, have betrayed the legacy of his grandfather by, for instance, denationalizing the copper trade.
“Right now, after 50 years, 70% of copper that’s mined in Chile belongs to foreigners, to transnational firms,” Allende stated.
The total interview with Allende is out there on RT Spanish. Upcoming episodes of Correa’s ‘Coup D’etat’ sequence will embrace discussions with former and present leaders of Honduras, Venezuela and Argentina, amongst others.
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