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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 11. september 2013 / Timeline September 11, 2013
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09/11/2013
Mohandas Gandhi
starter den ikkevoldelige satyagraha-bevægelse i
Sydafrika,
1906.
09/11/2013
Human Rights Activists Demand the Extradition of SOA Graduate
who killed Famous Singer Victor Jara from the United States to
Chile
On the 40th Anniversary of the U.S.-supported military coup in
Chile, SOA Watch is calling for the extradition of Pedro
Barrientos, a graduate of the U.S. Army School of the Americas, who
currently lives in Florida in the United States.
Washington, DC - September 11, 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of
the U.S-backed military coup in Chile in which General Augusto
Pinochet toppled the democratically elected President Salvador
Allende. Among the dictatorship's first victims was Victor Jara. He
was killed on September 16, 1973. Victor Jara was an admired
Chilean folksinger and one of the founders of a new genre of Latin
American song. His body was dumped in the street and found with 44
bullets and signs of torture.
The coup began a 17-year repressive dictatorship during which
thousands of people were murdered, disappeared and tortured by
Chilean security forces. Many key actors involved in the systematic
repression during the Pinochet dictatorship were trained at the
School of the Americas (SOA), now known as the Western Hemisphere
Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC).
In December 2012, Chilean Judge Miguel Vásquez Plaza
indicted 8 former Chilean military officers for the murder of
Victor Jara, 4 of who are SOA graduates. Still at large is Pedro
Barrientos, who currently lives in Deltona, Florida. The Chilean
Court is awaiting a response from the United States on an
extradition request was formally submitted in January 2013 so that
he may stand trial for the murder of Victor Jara.
SOA Watch has set up an online action page, which has already
generated over 7,000 messages to US government officials within
only 24 hours, calling for the extradition of Barrientos to
Chile.
SOA Watch organizer María Luisa Rosal states: "What this
case reveals is the hypocrisy of the U.S. government, which claims
to be a bastion and protector of democracy and human rights, but it
is clear that the U.S. has actively endorsed and participated in
violations of human rights throughout the Americas, as well as
undermined democratic processes, as in the case of Chile. Justice
for Victor Jara is essential in the struggle against impunity in
Chile".
SOA Watch is an independent organization that seeks to close the
SOA/WHINSEC and to change U.S. foreign policy through vigils and
fasts, demonstrations and nonviolent protest, as well as media and
legislative work. This November 22-24, thousands will converge at
the gates of the SOA/ WHINSEC at Fort Benning, Georgia, to
commemorate those who have been killed by graduates of the school,
and demand the closure of the institution.
09/11/2013
Kissinger and Chile: the declassified record on regime
change
Kissinger pressed Nixon to overthrow the democratically elected
Allende government because his "'model' effect can be insidious,"
documents show
On 40th anniversary of coup, Archive posts top ten documents on
Kissinger's role in undermining democracy, supporting military
dictatorship in Chile
Kissinger overruled aides on military regime's human rights
atrocities; told Pinochet in 1976: "We want to help, not undermine
you. You did a great service to the West in overthrowing
Allende."
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 437
Posted -- September 11, 2013
Edited by Peter Kornbluh
Washington, D.C., September 11, 2013 -- Henry Kissinger urged
President Richard Nixon to overthrow the democratically elected
Allende government in Chile because his "'model' effect can be
insidious," according to documents posted today by the National
Security Archive. The coup against Allende occurred on this date 40
years ago. The posted records spotlight Kissinger's role as the
principal policy architect of U.S. efforts to oust the Chilean
leader, and assist in the consolidation of the Pinochet
dictatorship in Chile.
The documents, which include transcripts of Kissinger's "telcons"
-- telephone conversations -- that were never shown to the special
Senate Committee chaired by Senator Frank Church in the mid 1970s,
provide key details about the arguments, decisions, and operations
Kissinger made and supervised during his tenure as national
security adviser and secretary of state.
"These documents provide the verdict of history on Kissinger's
singular contribution to the denouement of democracy and rise of
dictatorship in Chile," said Peter Kornbluh who directs the Chile
Documentation Project at the National Security Archive. "They are
the evidence of his accountability for the events of forty years
ago."
Today's posting includes a Kissinger "telcon" with Nixon that
records their first conversation after the coup. During the
conversation Kissinger tells Nixon that the U.S. had "helped" the
coup. "[Word omitted] created the conditions as best as possible."
When Nixon complained about the "liberal crap" in the media about
Allende's overthrow, Kissinger advised him: "In the Eisenhower
period, we would be heroes."
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