tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423647306295156779.post5626593704653048814..comments2023-03-30T00:45:00.496+02:00Comments on Memory in Latin America: Chile: Controversy over Pinochet documentary screeningLillie Langtryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16857495651566700616noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423647306295156779.post-29682025742302952492012-06-08T15:31:35.601+02:002012-06-08T15:31:35.601+02:00I think you're right that divisions can be pre...I think you're right that divisions can be pretty entrenched, they are in Argentina too. Not convinced that the documentary will do much to change that because those opposed to it won't dream of going to see it and those in favour are unquestioning Pinochet supporters (from one of the Santiago Times articles above: "He is by far the best president Chile has had... he is the one who Lillie Langtryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16857495651566700616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423647306295156779.post-72228644376714257672012-06-08T14:39:19.831+02:002012-06-08T14:39:19.831+02:00Living in Chile, I have been distressed to see how...Living in Chile, I have been distressed to see how much of the Allende hero-worship ignores his failures and attributes every bad thing that happened to either sabotage, conspiracy or coup. It's the flip side to the right-wing take that everything Allende did was Marxist, treasonous and seditious. Both sides have big blind spots. Something the left has rarely had to confront is why, after 16 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com