Dictadura pinochet chile pdf file

What of the claim that pinochet created a stable and transformed political order. Documents that were first made publicly available in the original hardcover edition formed the heart of the international campaign to hold pinochet accountable for. When first published last year on the thirtieth anniversary of the chilean coup, peter kornbluhs pinochet file was hailed on the editorial page of the new york timesno doubt to the aggravation of henry kissinger and all those who would deny the u. The pinochet regime in chile southern methodist university. The pinochet file is a national security archive book written by peter kornbluh covering over approximately two decades of declassified documents, from the central intelligence agency cia, defense intelligence agency dia, white house, and united states department of state, regarding american covert activities in chile. Pinochet directed the coup of september 11, 1973, and presided until 1990 over a military regime that violated human rights, shut down political parties, canceled elections, constrained the press and trade unions, and engaged in other undemocratic actions during its. The claim that pinochet ruled for the benefit of the country can no longer be sustained. The box contains copies of the presidents daily briefings, telegrams from the u. The transcripts, dated from the days following the coup that brought general augusto pinochet to power through the first several years of his regimes repression in chile, record kissingers attitude toward human rights atrocities and mounting congressional pressure to curtail u. When first published last year on the thirtieth anniversary of the chilean coup, peter kornbluhs the pinochet file was hailed on the editorial page of the new york times no doubt to the aggravation of henry kissinger and all those who would deny the u. The pinochet files are contained in one box that was previously classified within the national security council files.

Published to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of general augusto pinochets infamous september 11, 1973, military coup in chile, this updated edition of the pinochet file reveals the shocking, formerly secret record of complicity with atrocity on the part of the u. Undeniably chile has seen great economic progress since 1990 but this, i would argue is the product of the policies of the democratic governments and not the legacy of pinochet. The book now completes the file on pinochets story, detailing his multiple indictments between 2004 and his. It is based on more than 24,000 previously classified documents.