Summary
United States role in dictator's rise to power
The United States helped put Augusto Pinochet in power by spending money to destabilize the former government of Salvador Allende. However, when Pinochet was recently arrested for crimes against humanity, US media made no mention of the US's participation in his rise to power. The Washington Post has admitted that it should have made more room to explore the US connection.See the full content of this document
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Pardoning Pinochet's Pals.
How the media let Washington off the hook
The arrest of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet gave the U.S. news media a rare opportunity to revisit a dark chapter in U.S. history. They had the chance to explain how the Nixon Administration covertly undermined the government of Salvador Allende, and set the stage for Pinochet's bloody 1973 coup. Unfortunately, they didn't take adva...See the full content of this document
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