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Chile Woke Up and Opened Up the Great Avenues. 30.05.2021 - Santiago de Chile - Francisco Herreros
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The thesis of the acceleration of historical time, from the point of intersection between objective and subjective conditions, is the only one that was confirmed in the resplendent results of the elections of 15 and 16 May.
By Francisco Herreros
Indeed, if any Chilean, on 9 October 2019, when Piñera declared that “Chile is a true oasis in a convulsed Latin America”, had been predicted the results of 15-16 May 2021, he would undoubtedly have thought that the prophet was crazy.
Chile’s president charged with “crimes against humanity”
A coalition of human rights organizations has filed a brief before the International Criminal Court charging Chile’s sitting president, Sebastian Piñera, along with former and current civilian, military and police authorities with crimes against humanity. The case, stemming from the ruthless repression meted out by the Piñera government against mass protests in 2019, has been filed in the midst of savage police-state repression against popular upheavals in Colombia by the far-right government of President Iván Duque.
Surrounded by military personnel, Sebastian Piñera signed 2019 state of emergency decree (credit: Presidencia de Chile)