Reflectii

The CIA, the Coup Against Allende, and the Rise of Pinochet

On September 9, 1973, I was eating lunch at Da Carla, an Italian restaurant in Santiago, Chile, when a colleague joined my table and whispered in my ear: “Call home immediately; it’s urgent.” At the time, I was serving as a clandestine CIA officer. Chile was my first overseas assignment, and for an eager young spymaster, it was a plum job. Rumors of a military coup against the socialist Chilean president, Salvador Allende, had been swirling for months. There had already been one attempt. Allende’s opponents were taking to the streets. Labor strikes and economic disarray made basic necessities difficult to find. Occasionally, bombs rocked the capital. The whole country seemed exhausted and tense. In other words, it was exactly the kind of place that every newly minted CIA operative wants to be.

From the earliest days of my Presidency, I have argued that our world is at an inflection point.

How we respond to the tremendous challenges and the unprecedented opportunities we face today will determine the direction of our world and impact the security and prosperity of the American people for generations to come. The 2022 National Security Strategy outlines how my Administration will seize this decisive decade to advance America’s vital interests, position the United States to outmaneuver our geopolitical competitors, tackle shared challenges, and set our world firmly on a path toward a brighter and more hopeful tomorrow.

NEW DEMOCRACIES, OLD WOUNDS
“No one touches anyone,” warned General Augusto Pinochet in October 1989, two months before Chile’s first free elections since his 1973 coup. “The day they touch one of my men, the rule of law ends. This I say once and will not say again.” The old junta leader’s comment, made almost casually to reporters, cast a pall over the fiesta-like campaign atmosphere. As expected, the anti-Pinochet forces won. But the general’s warning still hangs in the air. Pinochet’s democratic successors have chosen not to call his bluff.

Nothing contained therein can credibly be described as “pro-Russian” or even “Russian-friendly”, but simply pragmatic since he argues that the failure to act could entail higher financial and other costs for the EU, especially if Trump wins the election and shifts the burden for supporting Ukraine onto the bloc.

Neoliberalism is far deadlier in underdeveloped countries, where it is wreaking havoc like Ebola.

Production and the reproduction of wealth are, therefore, central to Smith’s doctrine on development. Despite this, he posited that the capitalists, if unchecked, will disrupt societal development. First, that their desperation to acquire monopoly position restraints free competition; reduces the employment of productive labour; negatively affects the quality of commodities; discourages commerce; kills initiative; and decreases state revenue.

Il s’agit de la liste des coups d’État américains pendant la guerre froide présentée dans le livre universitaire très apprécié de 2018 «Covert regime change», de Lindsey O’Rourke.

(Seule la date de début de chaque coup d’État est indiquée ici, mais certains de ces coups d’État ont duré des années ; 39% ont réussi à renverser le gouvernement, 61% n’y sont pas parvenus.

«Quel choix intéressant pour la photo de couverture, peut-être que le bon docteur a puisé dans les archives akashiques. Ils ne sont plus que de gentils travestis de la Transylvanie transsexuelle. Ils peuvent considérer cela comme une revanche pour Hogans Heros et tout le reste de la démence juive qu’ils ont fait avaler au monde entier, exactement comme le Dr Pattberg les en accuse ici».

Somehow, the voice of Europe has lost its former significance. This is hardly noticeable from within Europe, but I assure you, it is very striking when viewed from other continents.

Everything may seem unchanged–Josep Borrell Fontenes, The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, continues to focus on his prominent political issues. The leaders of France, Germany, and the UK remain in the primetime news spotlight. European media produce a considerable amount of content featuring prominent European leaders. Sadly, all of this is just a beautiful facade.

Si vous voulez savoir qui détient la dette de la France, vous serez confronté à une omerta digne d’une structure mafieuse. De ce que nous savons, la moitié de la dette française est possédée par des entités étrangères qui influencent notre politique nationale. Certaines lois, comme celle de la réforme des retraites, ont été imposées par des organismes étrangers tel BlackRock. Ceux qui possèdent la dette française ont plus d’influence que notre propre gouvernement.

A London reporter writes in WSJ that the assassination attempt on Trump, coming after Biden’s “stumbles” during the recent presidential debate, has pushed the superpower to enter “an unusually turbulent and unpredictable period, prompting allies to question its reliability and foes to gloat.”