General Pinochet. Since his bloody rise to power, opinions about him have been deeply divided-some see him as a man who drenched Chile in blood, under whose orders people were killed, kidnapped, and tortured. Others view him as a savior of the country from communism, who ensured the implementation of very successful economic reforms.
So who was General Pinochet? A bloody dictator or a successful reformer?
This also touches on a broader issue-what are we willing to justify in the name of a good cause, or a cause one believes to be good?
MATERIALS ON THE TOPIC:
1. "The Chilean Economic Monster." www.kommersant.ru/doc/731005
2. Hugh O’Shaughnessy. Pinochet: The Politics of Torture.
3. John Dinges. How Pinochet and his Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents.
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00:00:00 Introduction. Lecture topic
00:01:28 Announcements of Tamara Eidelman's lectures in Canada and the USA
00:02:37 Augusto Pinochet's arrest and debates about his immunity
00:11:28 Caravan of Death
00:14:45 Criminal cases against Pinochet
00:17:27 Death and funeral of Pinochet
00:19:27 Why is Pinochet's history important?
00:20:32 Childhood and youth of Pinochet
00:23:05 Chile in the 1930s - 1940s
00:28:30 Relationships and marriage to Lucia Hiriart
00:30:06 Pinochet's activities in Iquique and southern Chile
00:33:38 Military career of Pinochet
00:35:55 Salvador Allende
00:38:03 Presidential elections in Chile, 1970
00:41:37 Economic reforms in Chile
00:46:06 Pinochet under the Popular Unity government
00:48:16 Tense situation in the country
00:51:06 Tanketazo revolt
00:55:56 Crisis of summer 1973
00:57:25 Was Pinochet against Allende in the summer of 1973?
00:59:22 Pinochet - commander-in-chief
01:00:18 Conspiracy and preparation for the coup
01:03:36 Military coup
01:11:09 Creation of the junta and Pinochet's rise to power
01:16:12 Repressions
01:19:43 Public reaction
01:21:15 Secret police
01:25:58 Church's opposition to Pinochet
01:28:05 Crackdown on foreign opposition
01:34:36 Manuel Contreras - dismissal, arrest, trials
01:41:14 "Chicago Boys" and economic reforms in Chile
01:
46:37 Who approved of Pinochet's policies?
01:53:46 Plebiscite in Chile, 1978
01:56:17 International protests
01:59:12 Constitutional referendum 1980
02:00:49 Life in Chile in the 1980s
02:02:30 How did Pinochet cease to be president?
02:05:03 Truth and Reconciliation Commission
02:07:11 Attitude towards Pinochet in Russia
02:13:06 "Nostalgia for the Light" and national trauma
02:16:56 Lives broken by Pinochet's dictatorship