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Americas
Editorial Cartoons
Kissinger’s Final Legacy
Dec 4, 2023
Photo Essay
Uncovering Chile’s Largest Mass Grave
Sep 11, 2023 The Pinochet dictatorship buried its first victims in a notorious patch of dirt called Patio 29.
Pinochet In the Shadows
Sep 8, 2023 Pablo Larraín’s political satire imagines a deathless dictator with literal fangs.
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The Other 9/11: A Ghost Story
Aug 30, 2023 Decades after Pinochet left power, the national trauma of his dictatorship continues to visibly permeate Chilean life.2024 Southern California Journalism Award: Second Place, Feature
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After the Coup: An Interview With Peter Kornbluh, Part II
Jul 11, 2023 How Kissinger and the CIA bolstered the regime of Augusto Pinochet for years—until they couldn’t.
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Kissinger and the CIA in Chile: An Interview With Peter Kornbluh, Part I
Jul 6, 2023 A comprehensive review of the U.S. role in the 1973 coup of Salvador Allende and its aftermath.
Book Excerpt
Pinochet and Me: A Chilean Anti-Memoir
May 16, 2023 The last man standing in defense of the “bourgeois” constitution would be the Marxist President, AK-47 in hand.
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Chile: Leftist Administration Hit Hard By Latest Constitutional Vote
May 10, 2023 The extreme right takes 22 out of 50 seats on a committee to rewrite the constitution.
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If Neoliberalism Was Born in Chile, Will It Die There?
May 1, 2023 Marc Cooper, Dig Curator and former translator to President Allende, speaks to KPFK Radio's Suzi Weissman about the complex historical forces at work today in Chile.
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Two Allende Supporters, Two Nights in Jail and a Gun
Apr 21, 2023 In 1973, Marc Cooper was detained for carrying a weapon in the streets of Santiago. It could have gone much worse.
Photo Essay