[HN Gopher] Chile searches for those missing from Pinochet dicta...
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       Chile searches for those missing from Pinochet dictatorship with
       the help of AI
        
       Author : giuliomagnifico
       Score  : 36 points
       Date   : 2024-01-20 12:02 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
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       | wickedOne wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/82jC4
        
       | 29athrowaway wrote:
       | General Rene Schneider wasn't on board with a coup, so he was
       | killed.
       | 
       | His sucessor, Carlos Pratts, wasn't onboard either, and knowing
       | he was going to be killed, fled the country. He was killed
       | anyways (after the coup).
       | 
       | His successor, Pinochet, agreed with the coup and executed it.
       | 
       | The president died during the coup, and the vice president (who
       | fled the country), the successor for the president, was killed
       | too.
       | 
       | There was a covert operation to purge any general against the
       | idea of a coup, and the US was part of it. Decapitation.
       | 
       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Townley
        
         | mdhb wrote:
         | There was actually a really interesting 2 hour interview with
         | one of the CIA officers who was a part of that amongst many
         | other controversial programs that just got posted in the last
         | 24 hrs here
         | https://www.youtube.com/live/WCgKF3RtTS0?feature=shared.
         | 
         | He talks about this and what a fuck up that was and how those
         | things came to be which if you have some spare time is worth
         | checking out.
         | 
         | Some of the stuff he has to say about Iraq (around 1hr mark)
         | where he was the chief of operations was fairly jaw dropping
         | and the bush administration really has a lot to answer for.
        
       | renewiltord wrote:
       | It is really incredible that Pinochet escaped any punishment at
       | all. I was just at the Chilean Museum of Human Rights in Santiago
       | a couple of weeks ago and it was heartbreaking reading about all
       | these crimes against people. Horrific, and particularly horrific
       | knowing that US was either abettor or architect of the whole
       | operation, down from the top to the Chicago Boys.
       | 
       | Still, Chile seems to be faring fairly well now, so good for
       | them. I found Salvador Allende's final speech as the coup
       | succeeded to be so inspiring for someone on the threshold of
       | death as his democratic government was to be savaged by a
       | military junta.
       | 
       | > _Other men will overcome this dark and bitter moment when
       | treason seeks to prevail. Go forward knowing that, sooner rather
       | than later, the great avenues will open again and free men will
       | walk through them to construct a better society._
       | 
       | It was really something to see all this recent history of
       | atrocity in a city and country that was otherwise fairly modern.
       | What a tremendous use of this technology!
        
         | paulmd wrote:
         | > It is really incredible that Pinochet escaped any punishment
         | at all.
         | 
         | why would he be punished? he was installed and backed by the
         | west for his fiscal and economic policies, he was carrying out
         | their will.
         | 
         | this is sort of the classic "holodomor" scenario, those are
         | some of the victims of capitalism. but nobody really cares to
         | paint with that particular brush unless they're searching for a
         | way to count dead wehrmacht invaders as "victims of communism"
         | etc.
         | 
         | the policy of the US government was that it's better that
         | millions be violently excuted than allow social-democracy to
         | take a foothold etc. Same story with overthrowing Iran in the
         | 50s etc - nationalizing oil production was unacceptably
         | socialistic and mossadegh had to go.
         | 
         | And we continue this today with "intervention" in venezuela,
         | the continued backing and diplomatic support for brutal juntas
         | in Myanmar and Indonesia, etc. Burning people alive in oil
         | drums for "suspicion of communist activity" is A-OK if you
         | promise to open your markets and keep that oil flowing!
        
       | jnsaff2 wrote:
       | A very well made documentary about Atacama desert, ALMA and
       | people still looking for their relatives in the desert from the
       | Pinochet killings. It's ranked as one of the greatest
       | documentaries ever made.
       | 
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostalgia_for_the_Light
        
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