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☆ Ben Rhodes: Henry Kissinger, the Hypocrite - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Ben Rhodes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Mr. Kissinger was not uncomfortable with that dynamic. From the side of the free world, Mr. Kissinger backed genocidal campaigns — by Pakistan against Bengalis and by Indonesia against the East Timorese. The generous defense is that Mr. Kissinger represented an ethos that saw the ends (the defeat of the Soviet Union and revolutionary Communism) as justifying the means. Mr. Kissinger was fixated on credibility, the idea that America must impose a price on those who ignore our demands to shape the decisions of others in the future. Mr. Kissinger lived half of his life after he left government.

Persons: Kissinger, —, Salvador Allende, Allende’s, ”, Kissinger’s, Deng Xiaoping, Henry Kissinger Organizations: East, Soviet Union, Mr, Chinese Communist Party Locations: Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, United States, Germany, Japan, Pakistan, Indonesia, East Timorese, Chile, Soviet, America, East Pakistan, Bangladesh, Soviet Union, China, Republic of China, Tiananmen, U.S, Taiwan

☆ 50 Years Ago, a Bloody Coup Ended Democracy in Chile
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Pascale Bonnefoy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Fifty years ago on Monday, a violent coup ended one of Latin America’s most stable democracies, brought an abrupt halt to the Chilean military’s tradition of noninvolvement in politics and ushered in 17 years of ruthless dictatorship. Salvador Allende, Chile’s socialist president, had embarked on an ambitious agenda that included the nationalization of the copper industry, land redistribution and state control over other strategic industries and banks. As the economy spiraled out of control and political polarization fueled increasing violence, businessmen, conservative politicians, professionals and some trade groups pressed for military intervention. The civilian and military conspiracy to overthrow Mr. Allende’s government, aided by C.I.A. financing and covert operations to destabilize the country, culminated in a bloody coup, the likes of which Chileans, unlike people in other Latin American countries, had never experienced.

Persons: Salvador Allende, Mr Organizations: C.I.A

☆ ‘The First Year’ Review: Allende’s Rule in Chile
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Devika Girish | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A few years before Patricio Guzmán directed his tripartite masterpiece, “The Battle of Chile,” about the events leading to the C.I.A.-backed military coup that toppled the socialist government of President Salvador Allende in 1973, the Chilean filmmaker made “The First Year”: an account of the inaugural 12 months of Allende’s rule. Guzmán traveled through Chile, interviewing the working class about Allende’s socialist policies and accumulating a crackling portrait of hope and incipient change. The French filmmaker Chris Marker saw the documentary in 1971 and decided to help show it in France, enlisting numerous actors, including Delphine Seyrig, to dub the Spanish dialogue in French. That version, arriving this week in a sparkling restoration at Anthology Film Archives, is a remarkable document not only of a fleeting moment of historical promise, but also of an earnest gesture of international solidarity.

Persons: Patricio Guzmán, Salvador Allende, Guzmán, Chris Marker, Delphine Seyrig Locations: Chile, ”, Chilean, French, France

☆ In Chile, a Quest for Truth Driven by Survivor’s Guilt
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Lily Meyer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

THE SUICIDE MUSEUM, by Ariel DorfmanOn Sept. 11, 1973, President Salvador Allende of Chile died inside the national palace in Santiago during a U.S.-backed military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. Afterward, the Chilean army announced that suicide was the official cause of death, which many Chileans distrusted, if not flatly rejected. This is the mystery that powers “The Suicide Museum,” a new novel by the Chilean American author, playwright and activist Ariel Dorfman. Whether his life was tragic or epic.”For Ariel, even considering the possibility that Allende died by suicide isn’t easy. He is attached to an epic narrative in which Allende died fighting; any alternative theory “desecrated a sanctuary that was out-of-bounds.”

Persons: Ariel Dorfman, Salvador Allende, General Augusto Pinochet, Pinochet, It’s, ”, he’s, Ariel, Joseph Hortha, Dorfman, Allende Organizations: Chilean Locations: Chile, Santiago, U.S, Chilean American, United States

☆ Isabel Allende Has a Message: History Repeats Itself
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Lauren Fox | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

THE WIND KNOWS MY NAME, by Isabel AllendeIf the measure of a civilization is the way in which it cares for its most vulnerable, by most standards, ours isn’t doing too well. Consider the record number of family separations at the U.S. border under President Donald J. Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy; as of February 2023, on the second anniversary of the creation of President Biden’s Family Reunification Task Force, close to 1,000 children still remained separated from their families. This travesty and tragedy is the engine of Isabel Allende’s new novel, “The Wind Knows My Name.” The deliberate cruelty of the bureaucracies that enforce the separations, and the enduring psychic wounds these ruptures inflict on children, are the novel’s foundation and its psychological backbone. All of the characters in this timely, provocative story carry the weight of painful history, and their lives converge near the end of the book.

Persons: Isabel Allende, Donald J, Biden’s, Isabel Allende’s Organizations: Task Force Locations: U.S

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