Augusto Pinochet

thousands who anonymously helped those persecuted and saved lives, demonstrating a solidarity with the victims of the dictatorship headed by Augusto Pinochet that still moves us to this day. Since then, our country has come a long way. As Chileans, we are proud to have been able to unite to recover democra

he interests of transnational corporations — interests contrary to those of our peoples. We had to endure long dictatorships, such as that of Augusto Pinochet in Chile, because of the determination of the United States elites who believed in the Monroe Doctrine to deny the right that we had earned to govern

shelter to the constitutional President, Manuel Zelaya. As a Latin American, I must recall that not even in Chile during the dictatorship of General Pinochet, or in Argentina during the dictatorship of General Jorge Rafael Videla — perhaps the two cruelest dictatorships in Latin America — was there similar

s, welcome progress has been made towards broadening the legal basis for international relations, particularly during the last year. The detention of Pinochet and the indictment of Milosevic by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia are milestones along the path towards creating a wor

e combination of political and economic freedoms is a reality in Chile and stands as the principal achievement of the Government of President Augusto Pinochet. From adversity, Chile has emerged strengthened. We have shown that foreign pressure cannot overrule the decision of a nation when its cause is just.

ves exhausted. Chilean society was in crisis. The loftiest and permanent values of the nation were threatened. Since then the Government of President Pinochet has assumed the arduous and complex task of reclaiming Chile's democratic institutionality and opening the way to sustained progress, in harmony with

struggle for independence, freedom and development of the peoples of our region; with the heroic Chilean people, facing the cruel and pro-imperialist Pinochet regime, which has currently stepped up terror and repression and for which, sooner rather than later, the great vistas depicted by Salvador Allende s

es and the continuation of violence in Chile. The Chilean Government has re imposed a state of siege following the attempted assassination of General Pinochet, we view this development with deep concern and reiterate our hope that the Government will immediately release political prisoners and initiate with

ies that they reduce their military budgets, and two meetings were held to consider the proposal. A few weeks ago the President of Chile, Mr. Augusto Pinochet, gave a clear demonstration of the peace-loving spirit of my country, when he responded to the call of the President of Peru, Mr. Alan Garcia, callin

reseen by President Salvador Allende will open up sooner, rather than later, for his still unredeemed people, who are struggling courageously against Pinochet's cruel tyranny. The people's steadfast determination to exercise their sovereignty without restrictions of any kind will be shared in Latin America.

id regime against the South African and Namibian peoples, Angola, Mozambique and other front-line States? Who persists in supporting the bloodthirsty Pinochet clique against the Chilean people? Who supports the bloodthirsty junta in El Salvador against the Salvadorian people? Who has been threatening the Re

ldup, its pursuit of military superiority at all costs, its relish of violence and domination, its methods of blackmail and terror; its alliance with Pinochet and with the most brutal regimes of this hemisphere, whose methods of repression, terror, torture and disappearances have taken the lives of tens of

ile entered into force on 11 March 1981, the date of the assumption of an eight-year term of office by the President of the Republic, General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte. 92. Thus, a new stage in the history of Chile has begun, demonstrating to the world my country's institutional progress. The Government has t

r the Canal Zone; that of the people of Jamaica against imperialistic attempts at subversion and intervention; that of the Chilean people against the Pinochet Fascist junta; and that of the peoples of Puerto Rico and Belize against imperialist domination and for their right to self-determination and indepen

d that the first presidential term of office of eight years, with which the new Constitution enters into force, is to be entrusted to General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte.

oyment of their democratic rights and freedoms. 218. The people of Chile continues to be the victim of the bloody repression by the Fascist regime of Pinochet. Accordingly, we support the valiant struggle of the people of Chile to recover its genuine democratic rights and freedoms. 219. We fully support the

tion, is triumphantly guiding the people of El Salvador to victory. 106. The people of Chile are maintaining resistance against the Fascist regime of Pinochet and improving their organization and strategy in order to tight and overthrow that evil regime. 107. In Nicaragua, the Sandinist Front—the revolution

ty of the countries of that region. 251. We express our solidarity with the just struggle of the Chilean people for liberty and democracy against the Pinochet dictatorship. 252. We denounce and condemn the military and Fascist regimes of South America that maintain close ties of friendship and co-operation

n weapons to the Israeli aggressors, who have deprived, the Arab people of Palestine of their ancestral lands, or those who have brought to power the Pinochet Fascist clique in Chile, The Ukrainian SSR, a member of the Special Committee against Apartheid and of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienab

in America, the racist regimes of Africa and the puppet regimes of Asia? 294. How can one talk of human rights and at the same time ally oneself with Pinochet, Vorster, and Park Chung Hee? 295. How can one talk- of human rights and permit on one's own soil the recruitment, training and financing of mercenar

perialism and with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization [NATO]. 223. In Latin America, the Chinese leadership's best friend is the Fascist junta of Pinochet. In Africa, it takes an active part in the aggression against Angola and expresses its solidarity with the threats levelled against the revolutions o

of the Cuban people against the pressure and economic blockade brought to bear against it by the United States. 71. We denounce the Fascist junta of Pinochet, which is engaged in bloody repression of the Chilean people, and we energetically support the just struggle of the Chilean people for freedom and de

Vast sectors of Chilean society are calling for effective international action to put an end to the crimes and excesses of the Pinochet junta. Such action is especially urgent when it is remembered that the agents of the Chilean regime, obsessed by their complete internal isolation an

couraging any and all extremist association. 181. In his recent annual message to the country the President of the Republic of Chile, General Augusto Pinochet, stated that communism, in its efforts to control countries from within, uses two tactics simultaneously: "On the one hand it infiltrates centers tha

mentation of the General Assembly resolution on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. 103. We denounce the dictatorship in Chile and demand that Pinochet put an immediate end to acts of repression against Chilean patriots, and that political prisoners, particularly Mr. Luis Corvalan, General Secretary

l the need for us to have our maritime legacy restored to us. I must definitely state that I found brotherly understanding on the part of Mr. Augusto Pinochet, and a firm determination to deal resolutely with this great and historic question. 81. Thanks to the exchange of ambassadors, which has enabled us t

onal conference of note has been held in the past year that has failed to express its most categorical repudiation of the atrocities committed by the Pinochet junta or that has not called for the termination of his hateful policy of repression and the betrayal of national interests. To bear this out, we hav

On 1 of September the Chief of State of Chile, General Augusto Pinochet, made the following statement: "The Government wishes to announce that, in spite of serious legal or moral charges for which persons arrested under t

h meeting], I denounced the participation of the Government of the United States in the overthrow and death of President Allende. That Pinocchio of a Pinochet tried futilely to prove sue wrong but today that participation is known to inter-national public opinion through the cynical confession of the Govern

And among the most obsequious and garrulous was the head of the junta, General Augusto Pinochet, a convicted Nazi and gloating murderer of the workers, for example during the Government of Frei. 224. In that adverse situation, President Allende