...the news headlines include a number of stories that reflect the persistence of a past that is everlasting and does not wish to pass...
(Jelin, State Repression and the Struggles for Memory, 2003)
Thursday 11 September 2008
Remembering 9/11
Chile's momentous date, the anniversary of the military coup d'etat that brough Augusto Pinochet to power, is now condemned to be known for ever as "the other 9/11", if it is even acknowledged outside Latin America at all. Fortunately, there have been some people remembering 11 September, 1973, today, like Abiding in Bolivia and The Mex Files.
Here is a clip from Patricio Guzman's Chile, Memoria Obstinada:
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