2009-08-10

che in bolivia, perhaps they didnt want that revolution.

"Che" is all in the present tense. He has made an irrevocable decision to overthrow governments, he explains why in his descriptions of injustice, he identifies with peasants and not with his own ruling class, and although he is nominally a Communist, we do not hear discussion of theory and ideology. He seems completely focused on the task immediately before him. His method is to give voice to popular resentment against a dictator, win the support of the people and demoralize opposing armies of unenthusiastic soldiers. He needs few men because he has a powerful idea behind him.

from rotterdam, "The Chilean coup d'état of 1973 is a landmark in the history of Chile and the Soviet-American Cold War. On 11 September 1973, the government of President Salvador Allende was overthrown by the military in a coup d’état.

The coup occurred two months after a first failed attempt, the Tanquetazo — Tank putsch — and a month after the Chamber of Deputies (with an Opposition majority) condemned President Allende’s alleged breaches of the Constitution. President Allende died during the coup; the cause of his death remains disputed.

A military junta took control of the government, with the original plan of power being rotated between the heads of the Air Force, Navy, Carabineros (Chilean police force) and the Army lead by General Augusto Pinochet. However the head of the Chilean Army being the oldest branch of the military, originally founded in 1810 was determined to be the first of the co-rulers, a role that was never surrendered to the other military leaders of the country as it should have been. Thus General Augusto Pinochet assumed power after deposing President Salvador Allende, establishing a military government that ruled until 1990."