Chile: A Troublesome Legacy

Overview

The rejection of the project for a new, more socially just constitution by the Chilean people in 2022 has reignited the conflicts that have plagued the country for five decades. On September 11, 1973, in a bloody military coup, General Pinochet ended the socialist revolution launched by President Salvador Allende, legitimately elected in a democratic election. The subsequent dictatorial regime with fascist features brought great violence and terror to the Chilean people. The accompanying neo-liberal economic system, which made the country one of the richest in the region, led to an ever-widening social gap in society, which in turn fell into a kind of passivity. In 2019, long after the dictator was voted out of office and the democratization that followed, a new social movement is shaking the prevailing order. From Allende's socialism to Pinochet's fascism, this historical fresco in documentary form returns to the origins of the rupture.

Cast

Éric Caravaca

Self - Narrator (voice)

Luz Acre

Self - Interviewee

Michelle Bachelet

Self - Interviewee

Alberto Cardemil

Self - Interviewee

Enrique Correa

Self - Interviewee

Mario Desbordes

Self - Interviewee

Gaspar Dominguez

Self - Interviewee

Oscar Guillermo Garretón

Self - Interviewee

Giovanna Grandón

Self - Interviewee

Fernando Guzmán

Self - Interviewee