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THE BATTLE OF CHILE
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The struggle of
an unarmed people
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Part Two
THE COUP D'ETAT
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a Patricio Guzmán Film
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In memory of
Jorge Müller Silva
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Santiago de Chile,
June 29, 1973.
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Unable to remove President
Allende constitutionally...
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...the U.S. government
and the Chilean opposition...
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...opt for the strategy
of a coup.
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After its defeat in the
presidential elections...
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...in March, 1973...
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...the opposition sets the wheels
firmly in motion for a planned uprising.
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On June 29,
at 09.00 a.m.,...
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...a single regiment attacks the
government palace with 6 tanks.
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Shortly after,...
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...an Argentinean journalist
films his own death.
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He also records, two months
before the final coup,...
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...the true face of a sector
of the Chilean army.
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For an hour,...
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...the tanks exchange fire
with the presidential guard...
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...who are inside
the La Moneda Palace.
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22 people die during
these first moments.
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Parliament,
the Judicial Power,...
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...and the opposition parties
are silent.
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However, the rebel troops
don't receive support...
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...from the rest
of the armed forces.
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Perhaps thinking that
conditions are not yet right...
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...for a successful rising...
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...the other officers
don't join in this action.
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Meanwhile, loyal troops begin
the first counter-attack...
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...to break the siege.
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Watch out! Over there!
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Don't shoot, bastards!
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At 10:30, more loyal soldiers
are mobilized...
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...towards the city center.
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Advancing on the Panamerican
road into the capital...
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...are 10 artillery regiment
troop transporters...
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...from the city
of San Felipe.
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The civilian population
must stay calm.
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After a brief confrontation,...
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...the rebel tanks
begin to withdraw.
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The Commander-in-Chief
of the Army,...
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...Gen. Carlos Prats, directs
the operations personally.
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At 11:00 a.m., with fighting
still going on,...
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...the President
of the Republic...
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...goes into the palace.
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Just then, another column
of loyal soldiers arrives,...
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...headed by the Minister
of Defense, José Tohá.
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Young Communists of Chile!
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Long live
the workers' president!
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Fight and create
popular power!
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Fight and create
popular power!
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The situation is
being controlled,...
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...but some troops
have not yet surrendered.
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Even as they withdraw,
the tanks are still firing.
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José Tohá,
Minister of Defense...
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...tries to instill calm in
the face of possible danger.
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He is assisted in this task
by Gen. Pickering.
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Minister, if we don't control
these people,...
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...there'll be a massacre.
Help me, please.
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Get out of here, please!
Move away!
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If you don't move,
someone might get killed.
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Generals Pickering, Sepúlveda
and Prats lead the officers...
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...most determined
to suppress the rising.
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Other commanders, however,
merely wait expectantly.
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Such is the case
with Augusto Pinochet,...
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...later Head of
the Military Government,...
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...who now joins in
with the loyal forces.
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At 11:30, Gen. Carlos Prats
assures the Minister of Defense...
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...that the rebels
have surrendered,...
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...and shows the positions
of his own troops.
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On the south side of La Moneda
is the Warrant Officers School
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...and on the north side
is the Buin Regiment.
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But Gen. Prats
will think it essential...
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...to declare a State of Emergency
to control the situation.
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We must request a State
of Emergency at once.
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We can't control
the situation otherwise.
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Allende, Allende,
the people will defend you!
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At noon, with the defeat
of the rising confirmed,...
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...the Christian Democrats...
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...say that they support
the constitutional regime.
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The other opposition group,
the National Party, refuses to comment.
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The leaders of the fascist
group "Homeland and Freedom"...
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...take refuge in the
Ecuadorian embassy...
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...revealing themselves as
the authors of the putsch.
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Use a heavy hand!
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At 6:00 p.m., the presidential
flag is lowered...
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...by the guard who defended
the palace.
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For two hours, this company,
led by Lieut. Perez,...
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...refused to hand over
the seat of government.
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Along with Gen. Prats, they
are the heroes of the day.
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The ease with which the
attempted coup was crushed...
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...raises many questions.
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The rising showed that some
officers were sympathetic,...
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...and only the fear of having
to face other army units...
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...prevented them from joining
the rebellion.
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Consequently,...
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...Allende relies on the
constitutionalist officers,...
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...rejecting any action
which may weaken...
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...his government's legality.
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We shall make
the revolutionary changes...
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...in pluralism, democracy
and freedom,...
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...which does not mean...
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...tolerance of
anti-democrats, ...
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...tolerance of subversives,...
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...or tolerance of
fascists, comrades!
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Close the National Congress!
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But you must understand...
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...what the real position
of this government is.
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I will not, because
it would be absurd,...
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...close...
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...the Congress.
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I'm not going to do it.
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I said...
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I said respect...
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But if it's necessary...
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If it's necessary,...
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...I shall present...
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...a bill to call
a plebiscite...
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...and let the people
resolve this question!
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Shitty "Mummies",
the street belongs to the left!
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The next day,
Allende asks Congress...
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...to declare
a State of Emergency.
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Meanwhile,
from the morning of June 29,...
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...left-wing workers take control
of factories, companies,
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mines and agricultural centers
throughout Chile.
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Let's create popular power!
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Comrades, the conclusions
of the 500 workers...
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...in the packing factory
are the following:
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Strengthen
the industrial belts.
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Strengthen
the communal councils.
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Strengthen the neighborhood
groups and the COPPs.
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Strengthen all the community
organizations.
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We must take advantage
of this opportunity...
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...and go on the offensive...
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...in terms of gaining
new sectors...
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...and nationalizing
new industries.
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We, the workers, are at
our battle station,...
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...our workplace, building
the necessary elements...
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...to defend ourselves against
any attack by fascism,...
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...or any further attempts
by the armed forces...
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...to overthrow
the government.
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We believe we must strengthen
our battle station...
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...which is, firstly,
here in the industries...
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At the same time, all forms of
popular power are strengthened...
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...especially the industrial belts.
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Each belt is a group of
factories and companies...
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...which coordinates the tasks
of workers in the same zone.
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In the country's main cities,...
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...31 industrial belts
have been set up.
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8 of these are in Santiago.
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- Who do you represent?
- The "Macul" belt.
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- And you?
- The "Macul" belt.
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- And you?
- The "Cerrillos-Maip" belt.
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- And you?
- The "Cerrillos" belt.
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- And you?
- The "Vicua Mackenna" belt.
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- And you?
- The "Vicua Mackenna" belt.
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- And you?
- The "O'Higgins" belt.
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- And you?
- The Christian Left.
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The Radical Party Union.
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The government, with the
support of the belts,...
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...puts some strategically
important factories...
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...under legal State control.
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As we all know,...
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...fascist groups tried
to overthrow the Government...
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...and there are still
repercussions from that.
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There is still a latent danger
against a process...
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...which the working class
began and has taken in hand.
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It has been resolved that,...
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...given that the packaging
and aluminum company Alusa...
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...has suspended delivery
of its products...
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...which constitutes
an obstruction to distribution,...
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...and in view of the
Supreme Decree no. 338...
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...and Law no. 16,464,
I resolve,...
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...firstly, the use of the
industrial establishment...
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...is hereby requisitioned,...
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...along with machines
and other elements...
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...necessary for the production
and/or distribution...
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...of the Alusa factory.
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On July 2, the law on the State of
Emergency proposed by Allende...
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...is submitted to Parliament.
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This law would grant
the President special powers.
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With them, the President would be able
to appoint, transfer and dismiss...
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...whatever military leaders
he thought advisable.
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The floor is open to speakers.
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The debate is over.
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During the three previous
governments,...
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...the State of Emergency
had been authorized twice.
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Those deputies who reject the
proposal, raise their hands.
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The State of Emergency,
the chief legal instrument...
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...for extreme situations,
is not authorized.
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Result of the vote.
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The number of votes
in favor, 52.
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The number of votes
against, 81.
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The Executive's proposal
is rejected.
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The Executive's initiative
doesn't convince Parliament.
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The opposition parties
think it unjustified...
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...to grant Allende
special powers.
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On July 2, the same day as Congress
rejects the State of Emergency,...
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...navy officers order their troops
to carry out a raid in Valparaíso.
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A law on weapons control
passed the previous year...
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...enables the military...
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...to carry out searches
for weapons...
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...without a judicial order
or government authorization.
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Despite increasing terrorist
action by the extreme right...
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...this law has never before
been enforced by the military.
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Each raid includes
besieging the factory,...
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...the temporary detention
of the workers,...
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...and their interrogation.
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Thus, without overstepping
the law,...
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...some officers start to act
against factory employees and workers.
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In this first raid
no weapons are found.
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Chile is suffering the aggression
of North American imperialism,...
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...of a sector
of the oligarchy,...
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...which in October 1970
joined with ITT and the CIA...
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...to overthrow
this Government.
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They want to repeat...
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...a stupid attempt
of that kind.
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So the present struggle...
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...has a patriotic
and national character.
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Chile has got every right
to govern itself...
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...in accordance with
the will of its people.
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At the same time,...
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...a series of revolutionary
transformations is in process,
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...the aim of which
is to open the way...
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...to a socialist society.
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Faced with the threat
of a coup,...
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...the Communist Party
and a sector of the left...
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...agree with President
Allende's ideas.
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An armed confrontation
must be avoided...
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...in what are
unfavorable conditions.
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Therefore, this sector
decides to get the support...
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...of the officers who respect
the democratic system.
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00:18:48,393 --> 00:18:51,533
In the political area,
both Allende and this sector...
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...want a minimum agreement
with the Christian Democracy.
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The objective being to reinforce
the government's stability...
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...and create a strong front
against a civil war.
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They've carried out
a campaign these last days.
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A campaign in which
they are trying to show...
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...that the Popular Government
is an illegal government.
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I want to ask
Mr. Victor García Garzena...
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...what is the National
Party's opinion...
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...of the rebellion
of June 29...
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...which ended in the death
of over 20 innocent people.
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I want to know
their opinion,...
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...because the paper
"La Tribuna",...
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...on the day after that event,
said that it was a show.
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And while the seditious attack
was taking place,...
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00:19:36,508 --> 00:19:38,351
...the radio station
"Agriculture"...
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...was broadcasting
declarations such as,...
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..."This is the day so many
Chileans longed for.",...
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..."The armed forces
are confronting...
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00:19:45,517 --> 00:19:47,656
...this totalitarian,
Marxist government",...
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...and other similar remarks.
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That is a political crime.
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00:19:53,158 --> 00:19:55,365
That is an attack
against our people.
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The most serious attack
against democracy...
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00:19:58,730 --> 00:20:00,073
...and the constitutional
regime...
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...which they claim to defend.
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This gentleman was already
jailed in 1967...
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00:20:05,704 --> 00:20:07,911
...by the Christian Democrat
government,...
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00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:10,848
...for seditious actions on
behalf of the National Party.
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Good evening to all our
television viewers.
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As you have all seen
and heard,...
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...the young student...
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00:20:25,157 --> 00:20:29,230
...has described me
as being seditious.
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00:20:30,329 --> 00:20:33,640
But I ask you to look at him
and look at me.
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00:20:33,799 --> 00:20:36,405
Look at his life
and look at mine.
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00:20:37,102 --> 00:20:40,481
I don't know how the cameras
haven't fallen with shame.
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00:20:40,672 --> 00:20:41,844
That's the truth.
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00:20:42,107 --> 00:20:44,451
He has devoted his life
to revolution.
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00:20:44,676 --> 00:20:48,123
He has worked at nothing else
except revolution.
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00:20:48,313 --> 00:20:52,125
And here am I, a man who
has worked for 35 years,...
274
00:20:52,351 --> 00:20:55,423
...who was a university
professor for 25 years,...
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00:20:55,554 --> 00:20:58,194
...who has always earned
his salary.
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00:20:58,523 --> 00:21:02,596
And the young student says,
"Look at the troublemaker".
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00:21:02,828 --> 00:21:06,935
So, as it's quite ridiculous,
I'll move on to other things.
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The regime can't work
without virtues,...
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00:21:10,135 --> 00:21:11,739
...without republican virtues.
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00:21:11,970 --> 00:21:14,610
That's my opinion,
and everyone knows it.
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I've always practiced it.
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I don't condemn
those who are desperate.
283
00:21:18,443 --> 00:21:21,481
I don't condemn people
like the poor truck driver...
284
00:21:21,647 --> 00:21:25,094
...who picks up a stone,
and neither do I condemn...
285
00:21:25,317 --> 00:21:27,490
...those people who clamor
and who rebel.
286
00:21:27,786 --> 00:21:30,027
I don't support,
and I never have,...
287
00:21:30,255 --> 00:21:31,529
...any rebellion.
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00:21:31,790 --> 00:21:34,361
I don't support coups
or other escapades.
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00:21:34,559 --> 00:21:36,561
But today,
I fully understand...
290
00:21:36,762 --> 00:21:40,039
...how an entire country
cannot live at peace...
291
00:21:40,265 --> 00:21:43,542
...when its most urgent
and basic needs,...
292
00:21:43,735 --> 00:21:45,612
...as we have heard here
tonight,...
293
00:21:45,837 --> 00:21:47,373
...can't be satisfied.
294
00:21:47,572 --> 00:21:49,449
He's just described himself.
295
00:21:50,275 --> 00:21:53,654
He has shown
the seditious face,...
296
00:21:53,879 --> 00:21:56,951
...the rebellious face
of the National Party.
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00:21:57,149 --> 00:22:00,062
And here you have
the chief threat...
298
00:22:00,252 --> 00:22:01,663
...to the constitutional
regime...
299
00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,797
...and the democracy
you say you defend.
300
00:22:04,022 --> 00:22:07,765
Mr. Garcia Garzena has said,
and the viewers heard him,...
301
00:22:07,926 --> 00:22:10,236
...that he doesn't condemn...
302
00:22:10,462 --> 00:22:15,502
...the rising of June 29,
perpetrated by a unit...
303
00:22:15,867 --> 00:22:17,540
...which undoubtedly
was traitorous...
304
00:22:17,769 --> 00:22:19,407
...to the pure tradition
of our armed forces.
305
00:22:19,838 --> 00:22:22,910
He doesn't condemn the murder
of over 22 people.
306
00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:25,184
He doesn't condemn it.
Just the opposite.
307
00:22:25,377 --> 00:22:28,324
But he hasn't been
frank enough here...
308
00:22:28,513 --> 00:22:30,652
...to say he applauds it,
as it was applauded...
309
00:22:30,882 --> 00:22:34,227
...by his National
Agricultural Society radio,...
310
00:22:34,553 --> 00:22:37,466
...or as it was applauded by
his paper, "La Tribuna",...
311
00:22:37,923 --> 00:22:40,767
...which said the next day
that it was a self-coup,...
312
00:22:40,959 --> 00:22:43,496
...a show put on by
the Popular Unity government.
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Repeat that here, sir!
314
00:22:45,497 --> 00:22:47,306
I didn't say I supported
the uprising.
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00:22:47,532 --> 00:22:49,205
Don't distort my words!
316
00:22:49,434 --> 00:22:51,380
Then make yourself clear.
317
00:22:51,636 --> 00:22:54,139
I've done that, and now
I intend to ignore you!
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00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:57,684
I want to explain
to our television viewers...
319
00:22:58,210 --> 00:22:59,985
...that our system...
320
00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:03,625
...isn't one of class hatred
or of any kind of struggle.
321
00:23:03,849 --> 00:23:06,022
It's what's called
national integration.
322
00:23:06,251 --> 00:23:07,628
That's what we want.
323
00:23:07,886 --> 00:23:11,800
We want everyone to feel
members of the same homeland.
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00:23:12,023 --> 00:23:13,559
- Like in Uruguay.
- So that we feel...
325
00:23:13,825 --> 00:23:16,305
- Why are you confusing me?
- Or Bolivia.
326
00:23:16,595 --> 00:23:18,506
- Why mention other countries?
- Or Brazil.
327
00:23:18,697 --> 00:23:19,937
You're like a Bolivian!
328
00:23:20,198 --> 00:23:23,441
Don't despair, Don Victor García.
Don't get hysterical.
329
00:23:23,635 --> 00:23:25,012
Please, let me continue.
330
00:23:25,404 --> 00:23:26,815
These are the problems.
331
00:23:27,072 --> 00:23:29,609
What is the origin
of the attacks...
332
00:23:29,841 --> 00:23:31,445
...against democracy
and freedom?
333
00:23:31,777 --> 00:23:34,053
Their aim is to prevent
dialogue...
334
00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:36,954
...and finally take us along
the road to civil war.
335
00:23:37,182 --> 00:23:39,788
The road sought by
Don Victor García Garzena,...
336
00:23:39,951 --> 00:23:42,522
...that dove of peace whom
we have seen here tonight,...
337
00:23:42,788 --> 00:23:47,533
...who wants to set up a
fascist dictatorship here,...
338
00:23:47,793 --> 00:23:50,069
...like that of José María
Bordaberry in Uruguay,...
339
00:23:50,328 --> 00:23:52,001
...and, deny it if you can,...
340
00:23:52,197 --> 00:23:55,235
...like those in Brazil and
in Bolivia. Exactly that.
341
00:24:04,876 --> 00:24:08,824
On July 5, Salvador Allende
forms a new cabinet...
342
00:24:09,047 --> 00:24:11,960
...to tackle the crisis and
create favorable conditions...
343
00:24:12,150 --> 00:24:14,323
...for a dialogue with
the Christian Democracy.
344
00:24:14,853 --> 00:24:18,960
He tries to incorporate
a personality from that party.
345
00:24:20,826 --> 00:24:22,999
I know perfectly well...
346
00:24:23,228 --> 00:24:25,333
...that revolutionary
processes...
347
00:24:25,497 --> 00:24:27,602
...shake up and convulse
the people.
348
00:24:27,766 --> 00:24:29,973
But I also know that here,...
349
00:24:30,202 --> 00:24:32,580
...we wanted to do,
and are trying to do,...
350
00:24:32,771 --> 00:24:35,581
...something that other
peoples didn't manage.
351
00:24:35,774 --> 00:24:38,448
A revolution
by different channels,...
352
00:24:38,643 --> 00:24:41,556
...in accordance with
our history, our tradition,...
353
00:24:41,713 --> 00:24:43,283
...and our reality.
354
00:24:43,548 --> 00:24:45,824
I hope that we may
be capable...
355
00:24:45,984 --> 00:24:48,430
...of writing one more page...
356
00:24:48,687 --> 00:24:53,500
...to show that Chile has
its own creative will...
357
00:24:53,658 --> 00:24:55,501
...and its noble decision...
358
00:24:55,694 --> 00:24:57,640
...to make the homeland
ever greater.
359
00:24:58,697 --> 00:25:00,404
Please take...
360
00:25:00,665 --> 00:25:02,440
...the oaths of loyalty.
361
00:25:07,038 --> 00:25:10,110
Finally, let me clarify
that I called the rector...
362
00:25:10,308 --> 00:25:12,948
...of the Catholic University,
Fernando Castillo,...
363
00:25:13,812 --> 00:25:17,259
...and I asked him
to form part of the cabinet.
364
00:25:17,415 --> 00:25:18,951
Regrettably,...
365
00:25:19,150 --> 00:25:21,960
...he had obligations
which I respected.
366
00:25:22,621 --> 00:25:24,567
I respected his reasons,...
367
00:25:24,789 --> 00:25:27,360
...and even though he was
most willing,...
368
00:25:27,659 --> 00:25:30,469
...I couldn't have Fernando
Castillo's collaboration.
369
00:25:30,795 --> 00:25:34,971
But I know the country can
rely on his collaboration...
370
00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:36,704
...in any circumstances.
371
00:25:37,002 --> 00:25:39,448
I wanted to inform you
fully of this...
372
00:25:39,671 --> 00:25:42,880
...and also to reiterate
that I am confident...
373
00:25:43,074 --> 00:25:45,020
...that we shall overcome
the diff cult hours...
374
00:25:45,243 --> 00:25:47,189
...with everyone's help.
Thank you.
375
00:25:53,952 --> 00:25:58,423
Why has this split occurred
when no one really wants it?
376
00:25:58,590 --> 00:26:01,127
In my opinion, it's because
when the Popular Unity...
377
00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:03,873
...sets out programs,...
378
00:26:05,030 --> 00:26:06,907
...projects for Chile,...
379
00:26:07,198 --> 00:26:08,871
...which could really mean...
380
00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:12,240
...an accumulation of interest
in that objective,...
381
00:26:12,437 --> 00:26:13,939
...Popular Unity first says...
382
00:26:14,139 --> 00:26:17,712
...Let's see who would
supposedly be opposed to this.
383
00:26:17,809 --> 00:26:21,780
They look for all possible
enemies, find them...
384
00:26:21,980 --> 00:26:24,051
...and then set them up
as a minority.
385
00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:27,594
But I think that all those
great projects...
386
00:26:27,786 --> 00:26:31,199
...for the transformation
of our society...
387
00:26:31,823 --> 00:26:34,303
...are projects which,...
388
00:26:34,526 --> 00:26:36,233
...if sent out properly
as a message,...
389
00:26:36,461 --> 00:26:40,432
...seeking all those who can
come together as a force...
390
00:26:40,632 --> 00:26:44,546
...which is really working
for Chile's objectives...
391
00:26:44,703 --> 00:26:47,650
...are a government's
most basic obligation.
392
00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:53,317
But, influenced by its more
traditional wing,...
393
00:26:53,478 --> 00:26:56,459
...the Christian Democrats
will not, for now,...
394
00:26:56,648 --> 00:26:58,321
...talk with the Government.
395
00:26:59,751 --> 00:27:02,960
Even so, Allende,
a sector of the left,...
396
00:27:03,188 --> 00:27:06,192
...and a sector of Christian
Democrats will strive...
397
00:27:06,391 --> 00:27:09,770
...for a dialogue to modify
the correlation of forces...
398
00:27:09,961 --> 00:27:12,202
...in case of a coup.
399
00:27:14,265 --> 00:27:17,303
We must call, comrades,...
400
00:27:17,502 --> 00:27:20,005
...on the good sense
and patriotism...
401
00:27:20,205 --> 00:27:22,378
...of the sectors
of the Christian Democracy...
402
00:27:22,574 --> 00:27:25,418
...who think for themselves,
and don't follow...
403
00:27:25,577 --> 00:27:27,818
...the dictates of
the Pentagon, the CIA,...
404
00:27:28,046 --> 00:27:30,117
...and the Chilean capitalists,...
405
00:27:30,348 --> 00:27:32,123
...so that they show
their opposition...
406
00:27:32,384 --> 00:27:35,558
...among the people,
in the unions, everywhere...
407
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,257
...to the fascist,
reactionary offensive.
408
00:27:38,456 --> 00:27:41,460
Because if fascism manages
to win through,...
409
00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:45,107
...they won't ask the copper
worker if he's a communist,...
410
00:27:45,296 --> 00:27:47,298
...if he's from MAPU,
if he's a socialist,...
411
00:27:47,499 --> 00:27:49,843
...or a Christian Democrat,
when they repress him.
412
00:28:01,613 --> 00:28:06,460
On July 8, the marines
carry out a raid in Valparaíso.
413
00:28:07,185 --> 00:28:08,323
That same day,...
414
00:28:08,386 --> 00:28:12,892
...the Air Force occupy a cemetery
in Santiago with 3 helicopters.
415
00:28:13,358 --> 00:28:17,238
200 soldiers search the graves
and niches looking for weapons.
416
00:28:17,662 --> 00:28:20,302
In neither case
is anything found.
417
00:28:29,841 --> 00:28:32,117
This is just incredible.
418
00:28:32,177 --> 00:28:35,181
Look at what they're doing,
and it's going on every day!
419
00:28:35,413 --> 00:28:37,586
Why would anyone want
to dig up the dead?
420
00:28:37,849 --> 00:28:40,728
The dead don't have bullets
or anything.
421
00:28:40,885 --> 00:28:42,159
Why would they kill them?
422
00:28:42,420 --> 00:28:44,263
Imagine digging
the poor things up!
423
00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:47,801
All they could do was throw
their bones at them.
424
00:28:48,393 --> 00:28:51,499
So tomorrow, or even tonight,
they'll send their planes.
425
00:28:51,563 --> 00:28:54,976
They'll kill us all,
because we're defenseless here.
426
00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:57,878
- Should the people be armed?
- Yes, of course!
427
00:28:58,136 --> 00:29:00,810
The government has to do that
and very soon.
428
00:29:01,206 --> 00:29:05,313
They have to,
or else it'll be impossible...
429
00:29:05,510 --> 00:29:07,114
We're his strength.
430
00:29:07,345 --> 00:29:11,816
Allende is the president
because we voted for him.
431
00:29:12,016 --> 00:29:14,758
The rich will never
be on our side.
432
00:29:14,986 --> 00:29:18,024
Whatever we have now,
it's because of this government.
433
00:29:18,256 --> 00:29:20,327
Because we've never
had anything.
434
00:29:20,959 --> 00:29:23,496
How could we not be grateful
to the government?
435
00:29:23,695 --> 00:29:26,733
That's what we have to make
those others understand.
436
00:29:27,232 --> 00:29:29,712
They aren't thinking straight
and...
437
00:29:30,301 --> 00:29:35,683
They don't understand
all that's being done.
438
00:29:35,874 --> 00:29:38,354
If you're out,
moving around all day,...
439
00:29:38,543 --> 00:29:40,887
...you see what they're doing
for the workers.
440
00:29:41,746 --> 00:29:44,317
What must we do
to defend this government?
441
00:29:44,582 --> 00:29:46,528
Unite, that's the first thing.
442
00:29:46,718 --> 00:29:48,254
And if they come with arms?
443
00:29:48,486 --> 00:29:51,524
We should have arms too,
to defend ourselves.
444
00:29:51,790 --> 00:29:54,134
That's what
everyone here thinks.
445
00:29:54,325 --> 00:29:56,771
Nobody in this camp
has got a weapon.
446
00:29:57,328 --> 00:30:00,172
And you can't do anything with
your hands or with sticks.
447
00:30:00,398 --> 00:30:03,504
If they come with arms,
you can't do anything.
448
00:30:04,469 --> 00:30:08,178
The workers have got their
defense organizations.
449
00:30:08,373 --> 00:30:12,651
There are brigades which can
be mobilized at any moment.
450
00:30:12,944 --> 00:30:15,083
But there are
no popular elements...
451
00:30:15,313 --> 00:30:16,792
...to defend the factories,...
452
00:30:17,048 --> 00:30:19,324
...nor are there even
any popular elements...
453
00:30:19,584 --> 00:30:20,927
...to mobilize workers...
454
00:30:21,186 --> 00:30:23,996
...in any formation for
combat or street fighting...
455
00:30:24,155 --> 00:30:28,228
...against any military
sectors or fascist sectors...
456
00:30:28,493 --> 00:30:30,234
...which have those elements.
457
00:30:31,396 --> 00:30:38,712
We want a popular militia!
458
00:30:41,639 --> 00:30:45,143
On July 12, the Socialist Party
states its position...
459
00:30:45,343 --> 00:30:47,516
...as regards
the threatened coup.
460
00:30:47,779 --> 00:30:51,420
The soldiers, marines,
airmen and policemen...
461
00:30:51,649 --> 00:30:55,222
...cannot lend themselves
at any time...
462
00:30:55,420 --> 00:30:57,764
...or under any circumstance...
463
00:30:57,956 --> 00:30:59,765
...to murder workers.
464
00:31:00,191 --> 00:31:04,401
And if it should happen
that some officers rebel,...
465
00:31:04,762 --> 00:31:07,140
...the officers,
warrant officers,...
466
00:31:07,332 --> 00:31:08,743
...N.C.O.s and soldiers...
467
00:31:08,967 --> 00:31:11,504
...are not under
any obligation...
468
00:31:11,703 --> 00:31:14,047
...to obey them.
469
00:31:14,305 --> 00:31:16,046
To be even clearer,...
470
00:31:16,241 --> 00:31:19,586
...not only is it their duty
to refuse to obey orders...
471
00:31:19,811 --> 00:31:22,121
...which would mean
firing on the people,...
472
00:31:22,580 --> 00:31:25,060
...or to participate
in attempted coups...
473
00:31:25,250 --> 00:31:27,127
...against the workers'
government,...
474
00:31:27,352 --> 00:31:30,959
...they must also actively
oppose them.
475
00:31:31,589 --> 00:31:36,402
The bourgeoisie must
understand quite clearly...
476
00:31:36,661 --> 00:31:39,039
...that it cannot act
with impunity.
477
00:31:39,264 --> 00:31:41,608
Every subversive action,...
478
00:31:41,766 --> 00:31:44,838
...every attack on Chile
and its government...
479
00:31:45,036 --> 00:31:49,507
...will invariably be
answered by the workers...
480
00:31:49,674 --> 00:31:51,847
...using every method...
481
00:31:52,110 --> 00:31:54,818
...with all the resources
which may be necessary.
482
00:31:55,780 --> 00:31:58,260
Our party thinks...
483
00:31:58,549 --> 00:32:02,759
...that the seizing of companies,...
484
00:32:03,521 --> 00:32:05,694
...factories, lands,...
485
00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:09,133
...is a legitimate response
by the working class...
486
00:32:09,294 --> 00:32:10,932
...and the workers...
487
00:32:11,229 --> 00:32:15,609
...to the seditious, mutinous
attitude of the right.
488
00:32:15,867 --> 00:32:19,178
We have said that every step
in this reaction...
489
00:32:19,404 --> 00:32:21,350
...must be thought out.
490
00:32:22,006 --> 00:32:24,816
I'd like to know
the party's position...
491
00:32:25,009 --> 00:32:27,319
...as regards the raids
by the military...
492
00:32:27,545 --> 00:32:30,685
...in our factories
looking for arms.
493
00:32:31,482 --> 00:32:35,862
I take it as an offense
against our class...
494
00:32:36,354 --> 00:32:38,265
...because I think that
if the workers...
495
00:32:38,523 --> 00:32:40,332
...were ever to take up arms
at any time,...
496
00:32:40,591 --> 00:32:42,867
...it would be to defend
their government.
497
00:32:43,461 --> 00:32:47,568
So could you, as a lawyer
and as a jurist,...
498
00:32:47,865 --> 00:32:51,210
...tell us when it is legal...
499
00:32:52,170 --> 00:32:54,343
...and when it is illegal?
500
00:32:54,572 --> 00:32:55,983
There's a problem here.
501
00:32:56,307 --> 00:32:58,583
We could be acting illegally...
502
00:32:58,843 --> 00:33:01,084
...in trying to defend
the workers' government...
503
00:33:01,279 --> 00:33:02,883
...as workers ourselves...
504
00:33:03,147 --> 00:33:06,458
...if we took the precaution
of acquiring a weapon.
505
00:33:07,118 --> 00:33:09,462
I think that the people
to defend its government...
506
00:33:09,687 --> 00:33:12,725
...should use
all the means available.
507
00:33:20,965 --> 00:33:23,002
The problem of arms
becomes tied in...
508
00:33:23,234 --> 00:33:25,305
...with that of
the occupation of companies.
509
00:33:25,570 --> 00:33:27,140
For a sector
of Popular Unity,...
510
00:33:27,405 --> 00:33:29,112
...led by the communists,...
511
00:33:29,340 --> 00:33:31,411
...the indiscriminate
expropriation of factories...
512
00:33:31,642 --> 00:33:34,919
...only damages
the government's legal image.
513
00:33:36,447 --> 00:33:39,951
But for the other sector,
led by the Socialist Party,...
514
00:33:40,151 --> 00:33:43,894
...the occupation of industries
is a useful form of mobilization...
515
00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:46,366
...which helps prepare and
organize the coming struggle.
516
00:33:48,493 --> 00:33:54,774
For them, an armed clash with
the right is inevitable,...
517
00:33:54,932 --> 00:33:57,037
...and the only way
to tackle a coup...
518
00:33:57,101 --> 00:34:00,173
...is by organizing the masses
and strengthening popular power,...
519
00:34:00,371 --> 00:34:02,908
...especially in
the industrial belts.
520
00:34:10,915 --> 00:34:14,055
Another task for today,
comrades,...
521
00:34:14,318 --> 00:34:16,958
...to control the reactionaries
and to move forward...
522
00:34:17,221 --> 00:34:19,428
...is the formation
of industrial belts...
523
00:34:19,657 --> 00:34:21,068
...all over the country.
524
00:34:21,426 --> 00:34:25,806
What is needed, comrades,
is that our union leaders...
525
00:34:26,064 --> 00:34:29,511
...look on this task
as a priority for them.
526
00:34:29,700 --> 00:34:32,078
That comrades from other
companies unite.
527
00:34:32,303 --> 00:34:35,716
That they should tell the
leaders of other unions...
528
00:34:35,940 --> 00:34:38,216
...of the need to connect
with workers...
529
00:34:38,443 --> 00:34:40,684
...from the next block,
or from further away.
530
00:34:40,978 --> 00:34:42,514
And that way, comrades,...
531
00:34:42,713 --> 00:34:45,193
...we shall build up
that popular force...
532
00:34:45,516 --> 00:34:47,553
...which is the basis
for advancing,...
533
00:34:47,718 --> 00:34:49,527
...and a rampart
for repelling...
534
00:34:49,754 --> 00:34:51,563
...reactionary attacks.
535
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:57,439
On July 19,...
536
00:34:57,495 --> 00:35:00,135
...the Arauco regiment occupy
the Workers' Central...
537
00:35:00,398 --> 00:35:02,503
...in the city of Osorno.
538
00:35:03,134 --> 00:35:04,340
The next day,...
539
00:35:04,602 --> 00:35:07,879
...navy personnel carry out
another raid in Concepción.
540
00:35:08,172 --> 00:35:10,584
In neither case
are arms found.
541
00:35:12,243 --> 00:35:16,350
On July 12, the Revolutionary
Left Movement, MIR,...
542
00:35:16,514 --> 00:35:18,221
...from outside
Popular Unity,...
543
00:35:18,416 --> 00:35:20,089
...states its position.
544
00:35:21,252 --> 00:35:23,732
Throughout the entire
country,...
545
00:35:23,888 --> 00:35:26,835
...a single cry is heard
echoing in the factories,...
546
00:35:27,024 --> 00:35:29,061
...estates, towns,
and schools,...
547
00:35:29,260 --> 00:35:31,137
...in the bastions
of the people.
548
00:35:31,362 --> 00:35:33,000
The call to create,...
549
00:35:33,264 --> 00:35:36,643
...to create, strengthen
and increase popular power,...
550
00:35:36,868 --> 00:35:39,371
...the power of the
community commandoes,...
551
00:35:39,537 --> 00:35:42,245
...the power of the workers
and the peasants.
552
00:35:42,707 --> 00:35:45,415
The revolutionaries
and the workers...
553
00:35:45,610 --> 00:35:47,817
...must immediately extend...
554
00:35:48,045 --> 00:35:50,116
...the seizure of factories
and estates,...
555
00:35:50,314 --> 00:35:52,794
...increase defense
preparations,...
556
00:35:52,984 --> 00:35:57,399
...promote popular power
as local government,...
557
00:35:57,622 --> 00:36:00,193
...independent of
the powers of state.
558
00:36:00,391 --> 00:36:03,031
The warrant officers
and policemen...
559
00:36:03,194 --> 00:36:07,336
...must disobey the orders
of fascist officers,...
560
00:36:07,665 --> 00:36:09,576
...and in that way...
561
00:36:11,269 --> 00:36:13,180
And in that way,...
562
00:36:13,437 --> 00:36:16,179
...all forms of struggle
will be legitimate!
563
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:21,185
Then it really will be true
that the workers,...
564
00:36:21,312 --> 00:36:25,192
along with the soldiers,
the sailors, the police,...
565
00:36:25,383 --> 00:36:28,421
...the warrant officers
and the loyal officers,...
566
00:36:28,753 --> 00:36:32,462
...will have the right
to build their own army,...
567
00:36:32,623 --> 00:36:34,967
...the people's army!
568
00:37:01,419 --> 00:37:05,492
On July 19, the workers from
the Vicua-Mackenna industrial belt...
569
00:37:05,723 --> 00:37:07,930
...occupy the main road
in their area.
570
00:37:09,694 --> 00:37:11,935
Why are you occupying
the road?
571
00:37:12,129 --> 00:37:14,632
It's in support
of our comrades...
572
00:37:14,932 --> 00:37:16,878
...who were evicted from
the ICMETAL factory.
573
00:37:17,168 --> 00:37:19,011
Will any government
representative be coming?
574
00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:23,310
We hope some authority will
come and solve the problem.
575
00:37:23,741 --> 00:37:26,347
The day before, workers from
the Cerrillos belt...
576
00:37:26,544 --> 00:37:28,785
...had carried out
a similar action.
577
00:37:29,113 --> 00:37:31,923
The protest by this sector is directed
against government attempts...
578
00:37:32,116 --> 00:37:33,789
...to hand back
some industries...
579
00:37:34,051 --> 00:37:36,122
...to facilitate a possible
minimum agreement...
580
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:37,993
...with the Christian
Democracy.
581
00:37:38,489 --> 00:37:40,662
The contradictions
among the left...
582
00:37:40,925 --> 00:37:42,905
...about what strategy
to use against the coup...
583
00:37:43,127 --> 00:37:44,731
...explode publicly.
584
00:37:48,532 --> 00:37:50,068
At 11:30,...
585
00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:53,272
...the police chief orders
the road to be cleared.
586
00:38:25,102 --> 00:38:28,640
The police can only advance
to the first barricade.
587
00:38:28,839 --> 00:38:32,446
Beyond that are 4,000 workers
positioned along four miles.
588
00:39:08,245 --> 00:39:11,158
At 11:45,
the mayor of Santiago arrives.
589
00:39:11,282 --> 00:39:15,890
He is Allende's representative
in the province.
590
00:39:16,821 --> 00:39:18,596
You wait here.
591
00:39:27,331 --> 00:39:30,540
His mission is to end
the confrontation.
592
00:39:32,770 --> 00:39:36,183
Please inform the Chief
that on my instructions...
593
00:39:36,374 --> 00:39:37,944
...nothing is to be
moved here...
594
00:39:38,142 --> 00:39:40,281
...and you are to pull back
two blocks.
595
00:39:42,646 --> 00:39:44,523
So pull back
the police forces,...
596
00:39:44,749 --> 00:39:47,958
...preferably beyond
Matta Avenue.
597
00:39:48,152 --> 00:39:50,826
Tell the Prefect that it's on
my instructions. Thank you.
598
00:39:53,557 --> 00:39:55,559
The police have to withdraw.
599
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:57,762
But the problem
of occupied factories...
600
00:39:57,995 --> 00:39:59,406
...continues to be debated...
601
00:39:59,630 --> 00:40:01,769
...with the presence
of TUC delegates.
602
00:40:04,235 --> 00:40:07,444
The TUC setup...
603
00:40:07,772 --> 00:40:09,683
...a commission...
604
00:40:09,940 --> 00:40:12,216
...to look at the cases
of the industries...
605
00:40:12,443 --> 00:40:14,650
...which are in the hands
of the workers.
606
00:40:16,380 --> 00:40:21,853
That commission is studying
those problems today...
607
00:40:21,986 --> 00:40:24,023
...through the corresponding
institutions,...
608
00:40:24,255 --> 00:40:27,429
...CORFO and the Ministry
of Economy.
609
00:40:28,492 --> 00:40:31,701
There's one thing
we must have very clear.
610
00:40:31,896 --> 00:40:36,743
There are a lot of industries
which have been taken over.
611
00:40:36,934 --> 00:40:40,575
In Santiago, a huge number of industries
have been taken over,...
612
00:40:40,805 --> 00:40:43,752
...but not all of them
can be nationalized...
613
00:40:44,141 --> 00:40:45,950
...for a variety of reasons.
614
00:40:46,143 --> 00:40:48,817
What's more, when the TUC
issued the call...
615
00:40:49,647 --> 00:40:51,149
...to take over
the industries...
616
00:40:51,348 --> 00:40:53,589
...in the case of any
attempted coup,...
617
00:40:53,851 --> 00:40:57,731
...that meant,
in times of crisis,...
618
00:40:57,888 --> 00:41:00,027
...stopping fascist activity.
619
00:41:00,257 --> 00:41:04,467
But it didn't mean that,
indiscriminately,...
620
00:41:04,695 --> 00:41:07,733
...all kinds of industries
are going to be nationalized.
621
00:41:07,998 --> 00:41:10,638
There are some problems
there too...
622
00:41:10,835 --> 00:41:14,339
...with industries which are
totally unfinanced,...
623
00:41:14,638 --> 00:41:18,279
...and if the State takes
them over...
624
00:41:18,509 --> 00:41:21,115
...it's really just taking
over a dead weight.
625
00:41:21,378 --> 00:41:24,291
And that can't be.
626
00:41:24,882 --> 00:41:28,261
So this is what
has been discussed...
627
00:41:28,385 --> 00:41:30,729
...with our fellow workers
in those industries...
628
00:41:30,788 --> 00:41:32,495
...who would be affected.
629
00:41:32,990 --> 00:41:37,370
What we want is a decision
from TUC, and soon.
630
00:41:37,561 --> 00:41:39,598
It can be good or bad,
but we want a decision,...
631
00:41:39,663 --> 00:41:41,836
...so that the TUC doesn't
just become an antibody...
632
00:41:42,032 --> 00:41:43,739
...in the bosom
of the workers.
633
00:41:44,835 --> 00:41:48,248
The problem is that there are
other reasons here.
634
00:41:48,739 --> 00:41:53,119
For instance, what about the
companies with Swiss capital?
635
00:41:54,011 --> 00:41:56,855
There's a problem...
636
00:41:58,015 --> 00:42:01,189
There's a problem
of international relations.
637
00:42:01,986 --> 00:42:04,865
What do international
relations have to do...
638
00:42:05,089 --> 00:42:06,693
...with the problems
of the workers?
639
00:42:06,924 --> 00:42:08,494
A lot!
640
00:42:08,726 --> 00:42:11,070
Because the Swiss
government...
641
00:42:11,262 --> 00:42:15,369
...is one of the chief members
of the "Club de Paris",...
642
00:42:15,566 --> 00:42:17,568
...where Chile's
external debt...
643
00:42:17,868 --> 00:42:20,474
...is discussed
and renegotiated.
644
00:42:20,704 --> 00:42:24,345
You all know that after
this government came in...
645
00:42:24,542 --> 00:42:26,783
...and nationalized copper,
for example,...
646
00:42:26,977 --> 00:42:29,457
...there was
a Yankee boycott...
647
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:32,183
...and the country doesn't
have the foreign exchange...
648
00:42:32,349 --> 00:42:33,885
...or the credits
it used to have.
649
00:42:34,151 --> 00:42:37,758
So that is all renegotiated
in the "Club de Paris",...
650
00:42:38,322 --> 00:42:42,668
...and Chile has to
handle itself there...
651
00:42:43,260 --> 00:42:45,467
...with a great deal of caution.
652
00:42:46,931 --> 00:42:50,242
We're not talking about
international relations here.
653
00:42:50,301 --> 00:42:53,646
We want to nationalize the
industries which interest us.
654
00:42:53,904 --> 00:42:56,510
And without accepting
any compromises.
655
00:42:57,575 --> 00:43:00,419
All the things
that you're explaining...
656
00:43:00,644 --> 00:43:02,248
...about international affairs...
657
00:43:02,479 --> 00:43:05,619
...won't be understood
by the workers in general.
658
00:43:05,749 --> 00:43:09,287
You have to give them some
more local reasons,...
659
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:12,228
...and use words that all of
us here can understand.
660
00:43:12,523 --> 00:43:17,632
Can the workers disobey
the TUC leaders?
661
00:43:18,862 --> 00:43:21,069
Well, I can answer that too.
662
00:43:21,332 --> 00:43:25,940
Yes, there are answers which
are more local, more Chilean.
663
00:43:26,470 --> 00:43:30,247
Today, as you all know,
comrades,...
664
00:43:30,407 --> 00:43:33,445
...we, the working class,
through this government,...
665
00:43:33,677 --> 00:43:35,315
...have gained some power,...
666
00:43:35,546 --> 00:43:37,219
...but we haven't gained
all the power.
667
00:43:37,514 --> 00:43:40,120
The reactionaries want
the forces of order,...
668
00:43:40,284 --> 00:43:42,093
...whether police or army,...
669
00:43:42,319 --> 00:43:43,889
...to have a confrontation
with the workers...
670
00:43:44,121 --> 00:43:45,566
...which will occur...
671
00:43:45,856 --> 00:43:49,429
...if the workers don't obey
central management...
672
00:43:49,660 --> 00:43:51,936
...but take justice
into their own hands...
673
00:43:52,162 --> 00:43:55,871
...and have a confrontation
with the police and army.
674
00:43:56,133 --> 00:44:00,240
And then the right accuses
the government...
675
00:44:00,437 --> 00:44:04,078
...that there's no discipline
and that there's no authority.
676
00:44:04,308 --> 00:44:06,310
And we're just a step away...
677
00:44:06,543 --> 00:44:09,285
...from the President
being impeached,...
678
00:44:09,513 --> 00:44:10,958
...because that's
what they want.
679
00:44:12,116 --> 00:44:14,062
But the thing is,...
680
00:44:14,284 --> 00:44:16,161
...we can see everything
clearly too.
681
00:44:16,453 --> 00:44:19,991
They asked us, the workers,
to get organized...
682
00:44:20,124 --> 00:44:22,070
...and to set up
the industrial belts...
683
00:44:22,226 --> 00:44:24,206
...and to get organized
on all fronts.
684
00:44:24,361 --> 00:44:27,899
We organized ourselves
on the neighborhood fronts,...
685
00:44:28,132 --> 00:44:31,238
...on the workers' fronts
and in the trade unions.
686
00:44:31,435 --> 00:44:34,177
We organized ourselves
in the industrial belts.
687
00:44:34,371 --> 00:44:36,783
And we're still hearing
the same old story.
688
00:44:36,974 --> 00:44:39,921
It isn't the time, there's
a legislative power...
689
00:44:40,110 --> 00:44:41,214
...and a judicial power.
690
00:44:41,445 --> 00:44:43,083
They asked us to organize...
691
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:45,760
...from the people
up to the highest level,...
692
00:44:45,916 --> 00:44:48,260
...and that's what we've done.
693
00:44:48,452 --> 00:44:53,162
But the President still keeps
asking us to stay calm,...
694
00:44:53,357 --> 00:44:56,804
...to keep acting this way
and to keep organizing. Why?
695
00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:59,804
Why is there this fear
that we, the workers,...
696
00:44:59,997 --> 00:45:03,206
...and all the people,
will call a general strike...
697
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:06,745
...and ask the President,
like any executive power,...
698
00:45:06,937 --> 00:45:10,441
...to decide once and for all
what their battle plan is?
699
00:45:10,607 --> 00:45:14,419
What is the plan they have
for us to fight the right?
700
00:45:14,611 --> 00:45:20,027
And if it's necessary
to have a plebiscite...
701
00:45:20,184 --> 00:45:22,528
...as those on the right
are demanding,...
702
00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:26,133
...we'll have it from the
people up to the highest level
703
00:45:26,290 --> 00:45:30,033
and I assure you that we'll
win from here to Rancagua.
704
00:45:30,227 --> 00:45:32,833
We've got organization
inside the camps,...
705
00:45:33,030 --> 00:45:35,442
...the industrial belts
and the unions.
706
00:45:35,499 --> 00:45:39,970
And the TUC still carries on,
asking us to keep calm,...
707
00:45:40,137 --> 00:45:41,980
...saying we can't do
such-and-such...
708
00:45:42,139 --> 00:45:43,345
...because this belongs
to Queen Elizabeth,...
709
00:45:43,540 --> 00:45:44,712
...or that belongs
to Switzerland.
710
00:45:44,908 --> 00:45:47,821
They just keep
making things up.
711
00:45:47,978 --> 00:45:51,551
The truth is, the people
are getting tired.
712
00:45:51,715 --> 00:45:53,388
This is all bureaucracy!
713
00:45:53,550 --> 00:45:56,224
We're fighting bureaucracy
amongst ourselves.
714
00:45:56,353 --> 00:45:58,890
Within our own defenses,
within our own unions,...
715
00:45:59,056 --> 00:46:01,297
...within our own power
like the TUC,...
716
00:46:01,458 --> 00:46:04,132
...we still have bureaucracy.
Until when?
717
00:46:04,294 --> 00:46:07,298
What I want to know is if
you have confidence or not...
718
00:46:07,531 --> 00:46:09,135
...in popular power.
719
00:46:09,299 --> 00:46:11,472
Does the TUC not have faith
in those workers...
720
00:46:11,668 --> 00:46:15,377
...who marched past
comrade Allende on Friday...
721
00:46:15,606 --> 00:46:17,745
...to shout their support
for him?
722
00:46:17,875 --> 00:46:21,550
Does the President not have
faith in our organizations?
723
00:46:21,745 --> 00:46:24,988
Do the deputies up there
not have faith in us?
724
00:46:25,215 --> 00:46:26,751
They sit and do nothing.
725
00:46:26,950 --> 00:46:28,759
And what about the senators?
726
00:46:28,952 --> 00:46:32,365
Instead of fighting
for the cause,...
727
00:46:32,523 --> 00:46:34,230
...instead of doing something
for the workers,...
728
00:46:34,424 --> 00:46:36,233
...whenever the right wing
deputies appear...
729
00:46:36,426 --> 00:46:39,873
...they all keep quiet.
I think we've had enough!
730
00:46:40,030 --> 00:46:43,534
There's a reason that
we're meeting here tonight.
731
00:46:43,734 --> 00:46:46,214
It's to ask the government
to expropriate...
732
00:46:46,336 --> 00:46:48,748
...the greatest number
of factories.
733
00:46:48,939 --> 00:46:51,579
And we'll let the right have
the ones that are of no use.
734
00:46:51,775 --> 00:46:55,416
If the government can't take
on those dead weights,...
735
00:46:55,612 --> 00:46:58,616
...the right can do it,
and we'll keep fighting.
736
00:46:58,849 --> 00:47:02,888
You go to the market and see
all the black market stuff.
737
00:47:03,086 --> 00:47:05,066
And they still ask us
to stay calm.
738
00:47:05,222 --> 00:47:08,226
Until when?
We're sick of all this.
739
00:47:26,143 --> 00:47:28,817
Do you not know
the class composition...
740
00:47:28,979 --> 00:47:31,653
...that exists today
in the armed forces?
741
00:47:32,049 --> 00:47:35,553
Don't you know that
the majority of officers...
742
00:47:35,786 --> 00:47:37,766
...are in favor of the coup?
743
00:47:37,921 --> 00:47:39,628
Because here, comrades,...
744
00:47:39,790 --> 00:47:44,762
...power isn't achieved only
through good organization.
745
00:47:45,796 --> 00:47:48,402
There is good organization.
746
00:47:48,599 --> 00:47:51,273
But we also need to have
some weight...
747
00:47:51,435 --> 00:47:55,577
...to counter-balance the real
power of the reactionaries.
748
00:47:55,772 --> 00:47:59,049
And that's why in
the Trades Union Council...
749
00:47:59,176 --> 00:48:01,952
...we're talking about
protection committees.
750
00:48:02,179 --> 00:48:04,352
And what are
protection committees?
751
00:48:04,548 --> 00:48:07,119
Protection committees
for production industries...
752
00:48:07,417 --> 00:48:10,796
...and also protection
committees for the war.
753
00:48:11,154 --> 00:48:15,625
They're things we can't talk
about or give details on...
754
00:48:15,826 --> 00:48:17,703
...because we mustn't make
that mistake.
755
00:48:17,895 --> 00:48:20,398
But we, the workers,
have to be prepared...
756
00:48:20,564 --> 00:48:22,840
...to go into battle
on all fronts.
757
00:48:23,100 --> 00:48:26,513
And the TUC is involved
in that struggle today.
758
00:48:26,937 --> 00:48:29,850
I accept that there are
differences, comrades.
759
00:48:30,374 --> 00:48:35,380
But the problem arises
when there is a desire...
760
00:48:35,612 --> 00:48:38,491
...for organizations
which follow a direction...
761
00:48:38,649 --> 00:48:41,220
...parallel to the workers'
organization.
762
00:48:41,418 --> 00:48:43,489
That's where problems start.
763
00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:49,068
And so I admit that here
there are many comrades...
764
00:48:49,226 --> 00:48:52,696
...who ask questions,
not with any ill intention,...
765
00:48:52,896 --> 00:48:55,240
...but there are things
which have to be discussed...
766
00:48:55,465 --> 00:48:57,172
...in much greater depth.
767
00:48:57,367 --> 00:49:00,371
You can't just
unfoundedly catalogue...
768
00:49:00,637 --> 00:49:02,344
...such-and-such
an organization,...
769
00:49:02,572 --> 00:49:05,178
...or such-and-such a leader,
as having some defect.
770
00:49:05,442 --> 00:49:09,254
I believe that we all make up
the organizations,...
771
00:49:09,479 --> 00:49:12,426
...and we all have some degree
of responsibility.
772
00:49:12,649 --> 00:49:14,890
And you have your
organization...
773
00:49:15,085 --> 00:49:17,531
...for setting out
this kind of problem.
774
00:49:17,754 --> 00:49:23,204
And we are in agreement that
we have to look for answers...
775
00:49:23,393 --> 00:49:25,873
...to the problems which we
are setting out here today.
776
00:49:26,096 --> 00:49:30,067
But let us not forget that
we've got a government...
777
00:49:30,267 --> 00:49:32,679
...presided over
by comrade Allende,...
778
00:49:32,869 --> 00:49:36,407
...and we have to obey
that leadership.
779
00:49:36,707 --> 00:49:39,745
There is an organism
which is the workers,...
780
00:49:39,943 --> 00:49:42,549
...and there are organisms
which are the class parties...
781
00:49:42,779 --> 00:49:44,417
...and they too
provide guidance.
782
00:49:46,450 --> 00:49:49,192
On July 19,
the School of Infantry...
783
00:49:49,386 --> 00:49:51,696
...raids a factory
in the town of San Bernardo.
784
00:49:53,290 --> 00:49:57,329
Every sector on the left
recognizes the need...
785
00:49:57,527 --> 00:50:00,007
...to prepare the armed
defense of the government.
786
00:50:00,464 --> 00:50:02,307
But they are unable
to agree...
787
00:50:02,566 --> 00:50:04,978
...on the formulation
of a joint plan.
788
00:50:17,647 --> 00:50:20,856
On July 20, in view of the
growing wave of violence,...
789
00:50:21,018 --> 00:50:23,897
...the Catholic church issues
a public call...
790
00:50:24,087 --> 00:50:26,260
...in favor of
peaceful understanding.
791
00:50:36,299 --> 00:50:40,076
This campaign, led by
Cardinal Silva Enríquez,...
792
00:50:40,237 --> 00:50:42,683
...ends with the
countrywide celebration...
793
00:50:42,839 --> 00:50:44,682
...of "Masses for Peace".
794
00:50:47,044 --> 00:50:49,650
For the representatives
of the people,...
795
00:50:49,946 --> 00:50:52,984
...that they may exercise the
public powers of the State.
796
00:50:54,317 --> 00:50:58,493
That their competence, aided
by the wisdom and prudence...
797
00:50:58,688 --> 00:51:00,326
...that comes from God,...
798
00:51:00,757 --> 00:51:04,204
...may lead them always
to serve the homeland,...
799
00:51:04,694 --> 00:51:07,766
...for the true good
of the communities.
800
00:51:08,265 --> 00:51:09,676
Lord hear us.
801
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:12,412
Lord graciously hear us.
802
00:51:13,236 --> 00:51:15,876
For the citizens
of our homeland,...
803
00:51:16,406 --> 00:51:20,286
...so that in the diversity of
opinions and preferences,...
804
00:51:20,710 --> 00:51:23,520
...God may enlighten
our consciences,...
805
00:51:23,780 --> 00:51:26,056
...soothe passions,...
806
00:51:26,316 --> 00:51:28,990
...and control partisan
resentments,...
807
00:51:29,419 --> 00:51:33,333
...so that the common good
of the Chileans may prevail.
808
00:51:33,557 --> 00:51:37,437
- Lord, hear us.
- Lord, graciously hear us.
809
00:51:55,345 --> 00:51:57,916
The Church's call
for pacification...
810
00:51:58,048 --> 00:52:00,460
...puts some leaders of
the Christian Democracy...
811
00:52:00,650 --> 00:52:02,323
...in a diff cult position.
812
00:52:02,819 --> 00:52:06,824
For 3 weeks, they have refused
to have talks with Allende.
813
00:52:07,491 --> 00:52:09,630
If they don't change
their position,...
814
00:52:09,826 --> 00:52:13,103
...they will be opposing
the Church's public position.
815
00:52:24,441 --> 00:52:28,082
A few days later, Patricio Aylwin,
and Osvaldo Olguin,...
816
00:52:28,145 --> 00:52:30,591
...the leaders of
the Christian Democracy,...
817
00:52:30,814 --> 00:52:32,293
...arrive at
the government palace...
818
00:52:32,516 --> 00:52:34,518
...to speak with the President.
819
00:53:02,546 --> 00:53:05,857
Aware of the discrepancies,
but convinced of his strategy,
820
00:53:06,049 --> 00:53:09,496
...Allende wants to reach
a minimum understanding...
821
00:53:09,653 --> 00:53:11,826
...to avoid a constitutional
break-up.
822
00:53:16,493 --> 00:53:19,064
A possible agreement
between Allende...
823
00:53:19,162 --> 00:53:21,039
...and the Christian Democrat
leadership...
824
00:53:21,231 --> 00:53:24,041
...causes great unease
among the extreme right-wing.
825
00:53:36,413 --> 00:53:37,858
On July 27,...
826
00:53:38,014 --> 00:53:41,120
...at 1:30 a.m., the extreme
right assassinates...
827
00:53:41,351 --> 00:53:43,262
...Commander Arturo
Araya Peters,...
828
00:53:43,453 --> 00:53:46,525
...President Allende's
naval aide-de-camp.
829
00:53:56,466 --> 00:53:58,878
The violence extends
to an officer...
830
00:53:59,069 --> 00:54:01,675
...directly linked
to the President,...
831
00:54:02,305 --> 00:54:05,309
...at the very moment when
the Christian Democracy...
832
00:54:05,475 --> 00:54:07,477
...agrees to speak
with Allende.
833
00:54:12,782 --> 00:54:14,728
A confidant of
the President,...
834
00:54:14,951 --> 00:54:19,457
...Araya had become the main
link between the government...
835
00:54:19,689 --> 00:54:21,794
...and the constitutionalist
navy officers.
836
00:54:39,509 --> 00:54:41,989
That same day,
the aide-de-camp's remains...
837
00:54:42,212 --> 00:54:43,885
...are taken to
the La Moneda Palace.
838
00:54:44,080 --> 00:54:45,889
They are later transferred
to Valparaíso,...
839
00:54:46,082 --> 00:54:48,392
...to be buried
with military honors.
840
00:55:18,448 --> 00:55:21,554
OFFICERS
841
00:56:25,815 --> 00:56:28,921
Months later, in exile
in Buenos Aires,...
842
00:56:29,119 --> 00:56:30,757
...and before being
assassinated,...
843
00:56:30,954 --> 00:56:33,867
...Gen. Carlos Prats says
that one of the reasons...
844
00:56:34,023 --> 00:56:36,025
...for eliminating
Commander Araya...
845
00:56:36,259 --> 00:56:39,399
...was to prevent Allende from
knowing what was happening...
846
00:56:39,596 --> 00:56:41,633
...in the military circles
in Valparaíso.
847
00:56:42,665 --> 00:56:45,145
This is where a sector
of the officers...
848
00:56:45,335 --> 00:56:47,611
...start to plan the coup,...
849
00:56:47,771 --> 00:56:50,342
...with the advice of
the North American government.
850
00:58:41,484 --> 00:58:44,328
The remains of Commander
Arturo Araya Peters...
851
00:58:44,487 --> 00:58:46,330
...are seen off...
852
00:58:46,890 --> 00:58:50,565
...by the Commander-in-Chief
of the National Navy,...
853
00:58:51,561 --> 00:58:53,871
...Admiral Raúl Montero
Cornejo,...
854
00:58:54,697 --> 00:58:57,143
...and by a college
contemporary of his,...
855
00:58:57,300 --> 00:59:00,110
...Sea Captain Guillermo
Aldonei Hansen.
856
00:59:01,938 --> 00:59:04,316
And here in the cemetery,...
857
00:59:04,474 --> 00:59:06,886
...we have two sections
of the Submarine School...
858
00:59:07,076 --> 00:59:09,420
...and the band of
the Armaments School.
859
00:59:10,914 --> 00:59:13,417
All here can remember
the brilliant navy career...
860
00:59:13,583 --> 00:59:16,359
...of Commander Arturo
Araya Peters.
861
00:59:16,553 --> 00:59:19,466
His Excellency the President,
Dr. Salvador Allende,...
862
00:59:19,789 --> 00:59:21,393
...ministers of state,...
863
00:59:21,658 --> 00:59:23,660
...heads of the armed
forces...
864
00:59:34,537 --> 00:59:37,643
The raids are intensified.
865
00:59:38,308 --> 00:59:40,982
On August 3,
the army surrounds...
866
00:59:41,177 --> 00:59:44,181
...one of the main factories
in Santiago's Cerrillos belt.
867
00:59:44,847 --> 00:59:48,795
These operations allow the
army to check the terrain...
868
00:59:48,985 --> 00:59:51,397
...and study the workers'
reactions.
869
00:59:53,423 --> 00:59:55,960
Their officers accustom
the troops...
870
00:59:56,159 --> 00:59:57,900
...to confronting
the civilian population,...
871
00:59:58,127 --> 01:00:00,733
...and watch the behavior
of their own soldiers.
872
01:00:02,031 --> 01:00:04,511
The next day,
the army occupies...
873
01:00:04,801 --> 01:00:07,042
...the industrial area
of Punta Arenas.
874
01:00:09,339 --> 01:00:12,912
To date, the army have
carried out 27 raids...
875
01:00:13,142 --> 01:00:15,850
...throughout the country,
without finding any arms.
876
01:00:16,312 --> 01:00:18,019
For the first time
in an operation,...
877
01:00:18,247 --> 01:00:20,158
...tanks are used.
878
01:00:25,588 --> 01:00:27,727
During this week,
the transport operators...
879
01:00:27,890 --> 01:00:30,166
...call an indefinite stoppage.
880
01:00:30,593 --> 01:00:33,540
The extreme right wants
to provoke economic chaos...
881
01:00:33,730 --> 01:00:35,437
...and sabotage the talks...
882
01:00:35,665 --> 01:00:38,043
...between the Head of State
and the Christian Democracy.
883
01:00:39,669 --> 01:00:41,512
The carriers assemble
their trucks...
884
01:00:41,704 --> 01:00:43,547
...at certain
strategic points...
885
01:00:43,740 --> 01:00:46,983
...to make a show of strength
and maintain internal cohesion.
886
01:00:51,147 --> 01:00:53,718
As the New York Times
was to reveal later...
887
01:00:53,916 --> 01:00:56,624
...the strikers are financed
by $5 million...
888
01:00:56,819 --> 01:01:00,028
...from the Central
Intelligence Agency, CIA.
889
01:01:00,890 --> 01:01:04,531
Each of the 35,000 operators
receives $4 a day,...
890
01:01:04,761 --> 01:01:06,934
...at the black market
exchange rate.
891
01:01:12,669 --> 01:01:15,275
Meanwhile, in the gardens
of Congress,...
892
01:01:15,338 --> 01:01:17,545
...just as happened with
the copper strike,...
893
01:01:17,740 --> 01:01:21,916
...the truckers' wives are
given money and provisions.
894
01:01:27,383 --> 01:01:29,989
On July 31,
the government decrees...
895
01:01:30,186 --> 01:01:32,666
...the legal resumption of
work, and sends tractors...
896
01:01:32,822 --> 01:01:35,735
...to tow the paralyzed
vehicles to Santiago.
897
01:01:36,993 --> 01:01:39,735
However, the operators
react with violence...
898
01:01:39,929 --> 01:01:43,138
...and accuse the government
of attacking private property.
899
01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:47,308
These events are filmed by
TV's Channel 13,...
900
01:01:47,470 --> 01:01:49,279
...which sympathizes
with the strike.
901
01:01:54,444 --> 01:01:56,185
A few days later,
Parliament,...
902
01:01:56,345 --> 01:01:58,450
...along with the opposition
journalists,...
903
01:01:58,681 --> 01:02:00,524
...transform the incident
into a scandal.
904
01:02:02,385 --> 01:02:05,195
Congress asks Channel 13
to re-broadcast...
905
01:02:05,354 --> 01:02:07,265
...their film
of the events...
906
01:02:07,390 --> 01:02:09,961
...to help the deputies
reach a judgment.
907
01:02:22,705 --> 01:02:24,651
Backing up the report,...
908
01:02:24,841 --> 01:02:27,981
...the deputies retransmit
these images to the public,...
909
01:02:28,177 --> 01:02:31,124
...presenting them
as an official document.
910
01:02:33,649 --> 01:02:37,927
This shows the opposition's
power within the media,...
911
01:02:38,154 --> 01:02:41,533
...and the freedom of speech
tolerated by the government.
912
01:02:42,291 --> 01:02:44,498
The opposition block
controls Channel 13,...
913
01:02:44,660 --> 01:02:46,196
...Santiago's leading
station,...
914
01:02:46,429 --> 01:02:49,035
...as well as 75%
of the radio stations...
915
01:02:49,232 --> 01:02:51,769
...and 70% of
the written press.
916
01:02:52,935 --> 01:02:55,939
In this case, the seizure
of the trucks...
917
01:02:56,072 --> 01:02:59,645
...fuels a campaign
to discredit the government.
918
01:03:04,614 --> 01:03:06,787
While this is happening
in Parliament,...
919
01:03:06,983 --> 01:03:09,623
...talks between Allende
and the Christian Democracy...
920
01:03:09,786 --> 01:03:11,459
...are deadlocked.
921
01:03:12,789 --> 01:03:14,291
The leaders of that party...
922
01:03:14,457 --> 01:03:16,130
...set 3 conditions
for the President.
923
01:03:16,359 --> 01:03:19,636
He must submit to
Congress' authority,...
924
01:03:19,862 --> 01:03:22,240
...thus renouncing
presidential powers...
925
01:03:22,465 --> 01:03:24,342
...held by other
Chilean leaders.
926
01:03:24,834 --> 01:03:27,974
He must back down on
his nationalization policy.
927
01:03:28,237 --> 01:03:31,707
Finally, he must grant
key government posts...
928
01:03:31,908 --> 01:03:34,514
...to officers who are
totally trusted...
929
01:03:34,644 --> 01:03:36,214
...by the Christian
Democracy.
930
01:03:40,283 --> 01:03:41,489
In reply,...
931
01:03:41,717 --> 01:03:43,993
...President Allende is
opposed to this capitulation.
932
01:03:44,187 --> 01:03:45,495
That same day,...
933
01:03:45,688 --> 01:03:47,497
...the Christian Democracy
halts the talks.
934
01:03:54,330 --> 01:03:55,638
This being so,...
935
01:03:55,865 --> 01:03:59,142
...the entire opposition joins
the anti-government escalade.
936
01:03:59,702 --> 01:04:01,909
During July and August,
terrorist groups...
937
01:04:02,104 --> 01:04:04,675
...trained by North American
intelligence services,...
938
01:04:04,874 --> 01:04:08,822
...carry out 250 attacks
with dynamite and fire bombs.
939
01:04:10,813 --> 01:04:14,625
With this authority vacuum,
Allende gets the support...
940
01:04:14,817 --> 01:04:16,387
...of the leaders
of the armed forces,...
941
01:04:16,619 --> 01:04:18,257
...and, faced with
the situation,...
942
01:04:18,487 --> 01:04:20,899
...the officers agree
to share responsibilities.
943
01:04:21,390 --> 01:04:23,267
A country...
944
01:04:23,492 --> 01:04:25,267
...cannot live...
945
01:04:25,461 --> 01:04:27,839
...submitted to threats
by the heartless.
946
01:04:28,831 --> 01:04:30,833
The streets of Santiago...
947
01:04:31,167 --> 01:04:33,204
...were strewn yesterday...
948
01:04:33,703 --> 01:04:35,979
...with publications
like this.
949
01:04:36,439 --> 01:04:39,147
We must ask
who is paying for them,...
950
01:04:39,342 --> 01:04:41,151
...where are they printed,...
951
01:04:41,444 --> 01:04:44,550
...which are the companies
who are contributing...
952
01:04:46,115 --> 01:04:48,459
...to these attacks...
953
01:04:48,918 --> 01:04:51,330
...against national life,
against the government,...
954
01:04:51,554 --> 01:04:53,261
...against the country.
955
01:04:54,290 --> 01:04:56,861
"8 measures to depose
the government".
956
01:04:58,461 --> 01:05:00,964
That is how shameless
they are.
957
01:05:05,735 --> 01:05:07,476
This Cabinet...
958
01:05:09,305 --> 01:05:11,307
...must put an end...
959
01:05:12,541 --> 01:05:16,011
...to the fascist stoppage
by the carriers,...
960
01:05:18,047 --> 01:05:19,890
...by deciding...
961
01:05:20,082 --> 01:05:22,756
...to enforce the law implacably.
962
01:05:25,254 --> 01:05:29,566
It has the support of the vast
majority of Chileans,...
963
01:05:30,092 --> 01:05:32,902
...who want to avoid,
by all possible means,...
964
01:05:33,062 --> 01:05:35,064
...a civil war
in our homeland.
965
01:05:40,336 --> 01:05:42,475
On August 9, the top
military commanders...
966
01:05:42,672 --> 01:05:44,151
...are incorporated
into the government.
967
01:05:44,373 --> 01:05:47,013
Gen. Prats, natural leader
of the loyal officers,...
968
01:05:47,209 --> 01:05:49,052
...occupies the Ministry
of Defense.
969
01:05:49,278 --> 01:05:53,055
Command of the army falls,
meanwhile, on Gen. Pinochet,...
970
01:05:53,249 --> 01:05:55,422
...also considered
a constitutionalist.
971
01:05:56,886 --> 01:05:59,457
This new cabinet is received
with discrepancies...
972
01:05:59,655 --> 01:06:01,328
...by most of the politicians.
973
01:06:01,524 --> 01:06:02,832
The right reject it.
974
01:06:03,059 --> 01:06:05,665
The Christian Democracy show
a division of opinion.
975
01:06:05,861 --> 01:06:07,397
The left has its doubts.
976
01:06:07,630 --> 01:06:10,611
Only two days later, the
Communist and Socialist parties
977
01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:12,677
...support Allende's decision.
978
01:06:13,269 --> 01:06:14,748
Thank you.
979
01:06:15,304 --> 01:06:16,977
The session is over.
980
01:06:32,955 --> 01:06:35,959
On August 11, the new cabinet
takes the first steps...
981
01:06:36,158 --> 01:06:37,694
...to requisition trucks.
982
01:06:38,127 --> 01:06:40,573
But the initiatives taken
by the commanders...
983
01:06:40,763 --> 01:06:42,367
...displease most
of the officers...
984
01:06:42,598 --> 01:06:44,578
...who are sympathetic
to the stoppage...
985
01:06:44,934 --> 01:06:47,938
This shows that part
of the military apparatus...
986
01:06:48,104 --> 01:06:50,880
...is also involved in the
anti-government offensive.
987
01:06:52,074 --> 01:06:55,612
The U.S. press later revealed
that William Colby,...
988
01:06:55,811 --> 01:06:57,688
...ex-director of the CIA,...
989
01:06:57,780 --> 01:06:59,919
...never denied that it
supported the preparation...
990
01:07:00,149 --> 01:07:02,993
...and financial maintenance
of the strike...
991
01:07:03,285 --> 01:07:05,891
...when he was questioned by
the House of Representatives...
992
01:07:05,988 --> 01:07:08,628
...in Washington,
in October 1973.
993
01:07:21,003 --> 01:07:23,677
On August 12, the Christian
Democrat Party...
994
01:07:23,873 --> 01:07:26,353
...officially announces
its support for the strike.
995
01:07:26,709 --> 01:07:29,815
In factories, raw materials
are diminishing,...
996
01:07:29,979 --> 01:07:32,357
...and in the country
seeds are scarce.
997
01:07:32,481 --> 01:07:33,789
In these circumstances,...
998
01:07:33,983 --> 01:07:36,793
...the civil-military
cabinet has failed.
999
01:07:49,765 --> 01:07:52,609
But the popular response to
the strike continues.
1000
01:07:52,968 --> 01:07:54,845
The government
and its supporters...
1001
01:07:55,037 --> 01:07:58,314
...arrange for products to be
brought to distribution centers.
1002
01:07:58,874 --> 01:08:01,821
With shops closed,
part of the population...
1003
01:08:01,977 --> 01:08:03,684
...supports
the Provisions Council...
1004
01:08:03,913 --> 01:08:06,359
...and strengthens
the "popular stores".
1005
01:08:07,316 --> 01:08:10,422
Each store is formed by
the neighbors in a sector.
1006
01:08:10,619 --> 01:08:12,826
It buys food directly from
the State,...
1007
01:08:12,988 --> 01:08:14,797
...and sells it at cost price.
1008
01:08:14,957 --> 01:08:17,096
Soon, half of Santiago
is benefiting...
1009
01:08:17,259 --> 01:08:18,863
...from direct provisioning.
1010
01:08:19,195 --> 01:08:24,269
Direct provisioning!
1011
01:08:26,735 --> 01:08:30,512
In some areas, the Industrial
Belts send workers' pickets...
1012
01:08:30,639 --> 01:08:33,916
...to oversee distribution
and open any closed shops.
1013
01:08:41,584 --> 01:08:42,858
At this moment,
for the first time,...
1014
01:08:43,119 --> 01:08:44,894
...popular power is ahead
of the police...
1015
01:08:45,121 --> 01:08:48,125
...in maintaining public order
and controlling tradesmen.
1016
01:08:50,326 --> 01:08:52,203
That's enough for now.
1017
01:08:53,662 --> 01:08:56,006
Please move the kids away.
1018
01:08:56,599 --> 01:08:59,011
This isn't
a workers' stoppage.
1019
01:08:59,201 --> 01:09:01,272
It's a stoppage
by the truck owners.
1020
01:09:01,504 --> 01:09:05,213
I don't think there's one
worker with a truck on strike.
1021
01:09:05,407 --> 01:09:07,910
The ones on strike
have got fleets of trucks.
1022
01:09:08,110 --> 01:09:10,613
They're keeping
this useless strike going.
1023
01:09:10,980 --> 01:09:14,257
This stoppage is
clearly political.
1024
01:09:15,518 --> 01:09:20,058
And it is we, the people,
who are being harmed by it.
1025
01:09:20,222 --> 01:09:24,068
We're the ones who have to put
up with waiting in these lines.
1026
01:09:24,226 --> 01:09:27,230
If all the trucks
went back to work, ...
1027
01:09:27,363 --> 01:09:28,967
...we wouldn't have
all these lines.
1028
01:09:29,165 --> 01:09:31,873
But the workers went out
on the street.
1029
01:09:32,134 --> 01:09:35,206
We went out and fought and
did our duty as workers,...
1030
01:09:35,371 --> 01:09:38,284
...defending our workplaces
and continuing production,...
1031
01:09:38,440 --> 01:09:41,421
...and loading goods
with our bare hands...
1032
01:09:41,577 --> 01:09:44,456
...so that the towns
didn't go short of food.
1033
01:09:44,613 --> 01:09:47,890
The workers showed that
to our President...
1034
01:09:48,050 --> 01:09:49,290
...and the authorities.
1035
01:09:52,254 --> 01:09:54,734
Some of the carriers who
support the government...
1036
01:09:54,924 --> 01:09:56,130
...organize convoys...
1037
01:09:56,358 --> 01:09:59,066
...to distribute food
in the provinces.
1038
01:10:00,329 --> 01:10:03,799
The population also develops
a family supply system,...
1039
01:10:04,033 --> 01:10:06,206
...called
"the people's basket".
1040
01:10:08,571 --> 01:10:16,422
No compromise on defending
the people's basket!
1041
01:10:20,716 --> 01:10:23,595
How do you see
the government's attitude?
1042
01:10:23,786 --> 01:10:25,925
The government's attitude...
1043
01:10:26,422 --> 01:10:28,095
...has to be to maneuver.
1044
01:10:28,324 --> 01:10:30,827
If you were the government,
you'd have to do the same.
1045
01:10:31,060 --> 01:10:34,064
The government has to walk
a tightrope at times.
1046
01:10:34,663 --> 01:10:38,076
I believe that this
isn't the government's fault.
1047
01:10:38,267 --> 01:10:41,942
For me, as a Marxist socialist
from 1932 to the present,...
1048
01:10:42,438 --> 01:10:45,351
...because I was in the fight
for the Socialist Republic...
1049
01:10:45,474 --> 01:10:50,514
...and I knew comrade Grove
and he made one mistake.
1050
01:10:50,679 --> 01:10:52,818
When the people asked him
for arms,...
1051
01:10:52,982 --> 01:10:55,189
...he wouldn't give them any.
1052
01:10:55,384 --> 01:10:59,457
Of course, it would have been
an uncontrollable massacre.
1053
01:10:59,655 --> 01:11:02,158
And then what would
have happened?
1054
01:11:02,424 --> 01:11:07,169
Even now, I think we're
still far from having...
1055
01:11:07,329 --> 01:11:08,774
...a good front.
1056
01:11:08,998 --> 01:11:10,841
We just don't have one.
1057
01:11:11,033 --> 01:11:12,774
We've got anti-fascist
organizations...
1058
01:11:13,002 --> 01:11:15,278
...and defense committees,
but we're lacking...
1059
01:11:15,504 --> 01:11:18,383
...provincial and national
coordination...
1060
01:11:18,574 --> 01:11:20,178
...in order to act
on one front.
1061
01:11:20,376 --> 01:11:24,153
We can't let what happened
in Spain happen here.
1062
01:11:24,346 --> 01:11:26,519
There was a party division,...
1063
01:11:27,082 --> 01:11:29,062
...the anarcho-syndicalists
on one side,...
1064
01:11:29,285 --> 01:11:30,525
...the socialists
on the other,...
1065
01:11:30,753 --> 01:11:32,892
...and Franco's fascism
got into power.
1066
01:11:37,593 --> 01:11:39,402
Meanwhile, in Valparaíso,...
1067
01:11:39,595 --> 01:11:42,371
...some sailors discover
the naval conspiracy...
1068
01:11:42,564 --> 01:11:45,170
...and inform several
left-wing leaders.
1069
01:11:46,468 --> 01:11:49,210
This action is discovered
by the commanders...
1070
01:11:49,271 --> 01:11:51,080
...and the sailors
are accused of mutiny,...
1071
01:11:51,240 --> 01:11:53,083
...jailed and submitted
to torture.
1072
01:12:00,449 --> 01:12:03,555
On August 22,
the opposition,...
1073
01:12:03,752 --> 01:12:06,255
...breaks definitively with
the constitutional regime.
1074
01:12:06,822 --> 01:12:09,098
The agreement,
without any legal basis,...
1075
01:12:09,291 --> 01:12:11,202
...says the government "would
be violating the Constitution"
1076
01:12:11,427 --> 01:12:14,135
...and is an open invitation
for military intervention.
1077
01:12:14,496 --> 01:12:16,169
Supported by
a simple majority,...
1078
01:12:16,398 --> 01:12:19,470
...this declaration justifies
military rebellion...
1079
01:12:19,702 --> 01:12:22,239
...and legitimizes the coup.
1080
01:12:39,722 --> 01:12:42,464
From this point,
events occur rapidly.
1081
01:12:42,658 --> 01:12:44,831
A group of women gather
outside the house...
1082
01:12:45,060 --> 01:12:47,597
...of Army Commander
Gen. Carlos Prats,...
1083
01:12:47,830 --> 01:12:49,537
...natural leader
of the officers...
1084
01:12:49,765 --> 01:12:51,335
...who respect
the democratic system.
1085
01:12:55,404 --> 01:12:58,613
The rally, in which the wives
of 6 generals take part,...
1086
01:12:58,807 --> 01:13:00,445
...is to show Carlos Prats...
1087
01:13:00,642 --> 01:13:03,088
...that he no longer has
the top military support.
1088
01:13:03,312 --> 01:13:06,384
The next day, the Council of
Generals refuses to back him...
1089
01:13:06,582 --> 01:13:08,186
...and Carlos Prats
decides to resign.
1090
01:13:09,718 --> 01:13:12,096
- Faggots!
- Lousy faggots!
1091
01:13:14,022 --> 01:13:15,933
Generals Pickering
and Sepúlveda,...
1092
01:13:16,158 --> 01:13:18,695
...the main loyal commanders,
also resign.
1093
01:13:18,927 --> 01:13:21,840
Augusto Pinochet, seemingly
a professional soldier...
1094
01:13:22,030 --> 01:13:23,509
...who respects
the Constitution,...
1095
01:13:23,699 --> 01:13:25,906
...becomes the new
Commander-in-Chief.
1096
01:13:35,077 --> 01:13:36,818
While the conspiracy
progresses,...
1097
01:13:36,979 --> 01:13:39,653
...the civilian opposition
begins the final offensive.
1098
01:13:39,815 --> 01:13:42,352
On August 14,
in the Catholic University,...
1099
01:13:42,518 --> 01:13:44,555
...the women from
"Feminine Power"...
1100
01:13:44,753 --> 01:13:47,359
...meet to support
the transport strike.
1101
01:13:49,057 --> 01:13:52,732
That is why this strike
by the carriers,...
1102
01:13:52,961 --> 01:13:56,135
...which was avoided
in October 1972,...
1103
01:13:56,331 --> 01:13:58,242
...will, this time,
have to be a battle...
1104
01:13:58,467 --> 01:14:00,174
...to the final consequences.
1105
01:14:00,369 --> 01:14:03,612
This is how it is seen
by all of us...
1106
01:14:03,872 --> 01:14:06,546
...who support the carriers
in their just struggle.
1107
01:14:17,119 --> 01:14:19,599
Days later,
the government's enemies...
1108
01:14:19,788 --> 01:14:22,064
...ask for the President's
resignation.
1109
01:14:22,324 --> 01:14:23,962
3 years of economic war...
1110
01:14:24,193 --> 01:14:27,037
...have let the White House
and the internal opposition...
1111
01:14:27,196 --> 01:14:29,767
...win a large sector
of the middle class.
1112
01:14:29,965 --> 01:14:31,876
This is where
the rebel officers...
1113
01:14:32,100 --> 01:14:35,570
...find the social support for
continuing with their plans.
1114
01:14:55,491 --> 01:14:58,529
September 4 is
the third anniversary...
1115
01:14:58,727 --> 01:15:00,900
...of Salvador Allende's
electoral triumph.
1116
01:15:01,230 --> 01:15:03,904
Despite the crisis,
government sympathizers...
1117
01:15:04,132 --> 01:15:06,305
...organize one of
the biggest demonstrations...
1118
01:15:06,502 --> 01:15:08,243
...in the country's
political history.
1119
01:15:47,009 --> 01:15:50,183
From 5:00 p.m.,
more than 800,000 people...
1120
01:15:50,345 --> 01:15:52,757
...file past the President
of the Republic.
1121
01:15:53,482 --> 01:15:57,191
Three days later, Allende
tells his collaborators...
1122
01:15:57,352 --> 01:15:59,127
...that he wants to hold
a plebiscite...
1123
01:15:59,187 --> 01:16:02,657
...to resolve the government's
continuity in a democratic way.
1124
01:16:04,092 --> 01:16:06,834
The chosen date for announcing
the plebiscite...
1125
01:16:06,995 --> 01:16:09,271
...is September 11.
1126
01:16:10,799 --> 01:16:14,440
We'll cut the dick off
the "mummy" who speculates!
1127
01:16:14,636 --> 01:16:18,413
If that won't do,
we'll cut his balls off too!
1128
01:16:26,415 --> 01:16:31,057
Workers, let's go into action
and stop the rebellion!
1129
01:16:34,856 --> 01:16:39,327
Young Communists of Chile!
1130
01:16:39,861 --> 01:16:47,803
Allende, Allende,
the people will defend you!
1131
01:17:14,596 --> 01:17:18,203
Young Communists of Chile!
1132
01:17:20,802 --> 01:17:23,305
Keep fighting, President!
1133
01:17:23,739 --> 01:17:26,242
- Hurrah for Allende!
- Hurrah!
1134
01:17:26,742 --> 01:17:32,715
Popular Unity,
keep fighting!
1135
01:17:32,914 --> 01:17:39,923
We'll fight and we'll create
popular power!
1136
01:17:42,958 --> 01:17:46,599
The Socialist Party of Chile!
1137
01:17:51,099 --> 01:17:55,878
Socialist Youth!
1138
01:17:56,371 --> 01:18:04,051
The expropriated factories
will never be handed back!
1139
01:18:06,515 --> 01:18:08,722
The time for conciliation
is over!
1140
01:18:08,950 --> 01:18:10,861
It's time to fight!
1141
01:18:14,923 --> 01:18:22,000
People, awareness, arms!
1142
01:18:27,769 --> 01:18:30,773
- Louder!
- MAPU!
1143
01:18:31,006 --> 01:18:32,713
Shout it louder!
1144
01:18:32,908 --> 01:18:34,444
MAPU!
1145
01:18:42,884 --> 01:18:46,889
Allende, don't worry,
the people are with you!
1146
01:18:47,122 --> 01:18:50,763
Allende, don't worry,
the people are with you!
1147
01:19:07,642 --> 01:19:10,213
Faced with the people,
mobilized but unarmed,...
1148
01:19:10,412 --> 01:19:11,720
...the internal opposition...
1149
01:19:11,947 --> 01:19:13,483
...and the U.S.
State Department...
1150
01:19:13,682 --> 01:19:15,559
...decide to play
their last card.
1151
01:19:19,888 --> 01:19:25,167
The morning of September 11.
The voice of President Allende.
1152
01:19:25,927 --> 01:19:28,533
Confirmed reports have said...
1153
01:19:28,797 --> 01:19:33,678
...that a sector
of the navy...
1154
01:19:34,402 --> 01:19:36,746
...has isolated Valparaiso...
1155
01:19:37,472 --> 01:19:39,645
...and that the city
is occupied.
1156
01:19:40,108 --> 01:19:42,987
In any case, I am here,...
1157
01:19:43,178 --> 01:19:45,158
...in the government palace...
1158
01:19:45,380 --> 01:19:48,486
...and I'll stay here,
defending...
1159
01:19:50,085 --> 01:19:53,555
...the government I represent
by the will of the people.
1160
01:19:57,726 --> 01:20:00,866
On September 11, the navy
unleashes the coup...
1161
01:20:00,996 --> 01:20:02,373
...in the port of Valparaíso.
1162
01:20:02,597 --> 01:20:05,043
At the same time, four
North American destroyers...
1163
01:20:05,233 --> 01:20:06,576
...move close to
the Chilean coast...
1164
01:20:06,802 --> 01:20:08,975
...to take part in
"Operation Unitas"...
1165
01:20:09,137 --> 01:20:11,913
...and maintain contact
with the mutineers.
1166
01:20:16,878 --> 01:20:19,017
At 7:30, President Allende...
1167
01:20:19,214 --> 01:20:22,161
...has arrived at the palace
to give instructions.
1168
01:20:22,517 --> 01:20:23,996
The situation is critical.
1169
01:20:24,252 --> 01:20:25,788
There is no joint plan...
1170
01:20:25,954 --> 01:20:27,797
...for the armed defense
of the government.
1171
01:20:28,824 --> 01:20:30,235
During the early morning,...
1172
01:20:30,492 --> 01:20:33,962
...most of the constitutionalist
officers have been neutralized.
1173
01:20:36,731 --> 01:20:39,644
At 8:00 a.m.,
several Air Force planes...
1174
01:20:39,835 --> 01:20:41,940
...start to fly over
the capital.
1175
01:20:42,537 --> 01:20:45,211
At 8:20, the leaders
of the uprising...
1176
01:20:45,407 --> 01:20:46,977
...demand the President's
resignation,...
1177
01:20:47,175 --> 01:20:49,519
...and offer him a plane
in which to leave the country.
1178
01:20:50,011 --> 01:20:53,288
At 9:15, the constitutional
President prepares to fight...
1179
01:20:53,448 --> 01:20:55,086
...and speaks again
by radio.
1180
01:20:56,084 --> 01:20:58,462
The Air Force has bombed...
1181
01:20:58,520 --> 01:21:02,969
...the masts of "Radio Portales"
and "Radio Corporacin".
1182
01:21:05,060 --> 01:21:06,698
This being so,..
1183
01:21:07,395 --> 01:21:09,773
...it only remains for me
to say to the workers,...
1184
01:21:09,998 --> 01:21:12,137
...I am not going to give up.
1185
01:21:14,836 --> 01:21:17,248
Placed in an historical
transition,...
1186
01:21:18,039 --> 01:21:22,351
...I shall repay the loyalty
of the people with my life.
1187
01:21:25,447 --> 01:21:29,452
History is ours, and it is
made by the people.
1188
01:21:30,452 --> 01:21:32,762
Long live Chile!
Long live the people!
1189
01:21:33,088 --> 01:21:34,897
Long live the workers!
1190
01:21:52,574 --> 01:21:54,713
After a few hours
of resistance,...
1191
01:21:54,876 --> 01:21:57,686
...the military sends
Allende an ultimatum.
1192
01:21:58,079 --> 01:22:01,026
If he doesn't surrender,
the planes will begin bombing.
1193
01:22:01,449 --> 01:22:02,621
At this,...
1194
01:22:02,851 --> 01:22:04,922
...the President gives
the palace guard...
1195
01:22:05,086 --> 01:22:08,499
...freedom of action,
and they abandon the building.
1196
01:22:09,090 --> 01:22:11,593
President Allende,
who refuses to surrender,...
1197
01:22:11,760 --> 01:22:13,671
...is accompanied
by 40 civilians...
1198
01:22:13,862 --> 01:22:15,933
...prepared to face
the attack.
1199
01:23:12,587 --> 01:23:13,930
Despite the bombardment,...
1200
01:23:14,122 --> 01:23:16,261
...the palace defenders
hold out for 3 hours.
1201
01:23:16,424 --> 01:23:18,131
At the same time,
there are skirmishes...
1202
01:23:18,326 --> 01:23:20,328
...in parts of Santiago
and the provinces.
1203
01:23:23,331 --> 01:23:27,177
At 2:15 p.m., President
Allende dies in La Moneda.
1204
01:23:32,440 --> 01:23:33,817
At 9:00 p.m.,...
1205
01:23:34,042 --> 01:23:37,080
...the leaders of the uprising
speak to the country.
1206
01:23:38,446 --> 01:23:40,858
The armed forces...
1207
01:23:41,383 --> 01:23:43,863
...have acted today...
1208
01:23:44,285 --> 01:23:47,755
...solely from
the patriotic inspiration...
1209
01:23:47,956 --> 01:23:50,334
...of saving the country...
1210
01:23:50,525 --> 01:23:52,232
...from the tremendous
chaos...
1211
01:23:52,427 --> 01:23:55,874
...into which it was
being plunged...
1212
01:23:56,031 --> 01:23:59,877
...by the Marxist government
of Salvador Allende.
1213
01:24:00,969 --> 01:24:06,385
The Junta will maintain
judicial power...
1214
01:24:06,808 --> 01:24:10,221
...and consultantship of
the Public Accounts Control.
1215
01:24:10,812 --> 01:24:16,763
The Chambers will remain in
recess until further orders.
1216
01:24:17,986 --> 01:24:19,590
That is all.
1217
01:24:23,691 --> 01:24:25,500
It may be sad...
1218
01:24:25,693 --> 01:24:29,334
...to have broken
a democratic tradition...
1219
01:24:30,632 --> 01:24:32,805
...which on this continent...
1220
01:24:33,468 --> 01:24:35,539
...was of long standing.
1221
01:24:37,138 --> 01:24:39,846
But when the State
loses its qualities,...
1222
01:24:40,909 --> 01:24:42,946
...there are those...
1223
01:24:44,312 --> 01:24:47,350
...who, by mandate,...
1224
01:24:48,116 --> 01:24:51,689
...have to enforce them,
and take on that task.
1225
01:24:51,986 --> 01:24:53,659
We are doing that today.
1226
01:24:54,222 --> 01:24:56,634
We are sure
that all of Chile...
1227
01:24:57,092 --> 01:24:59,868
...has to understand
the sacrifice that entails.
1228
01:25:01,262 --> 01:25:03,742
It isn't a matter
of squashing tendencies...
1229
01:25:03,898 --> 01:25:05,639
...or ideological trends,...
1230
01:25:05,834 --> 01:25:08,075
...or carrying out
personal revenge,...
1231
01:25:08,403 --> 01:25:11,816
...but, as I said, of
reestablishing public order,..
1232
01:25:12,006 --> 01:25:14,646
...and returning the country
to observance...
1233
01:25:14,909 --> 01:25:18,220
...of the Republic's
Constitution and laws.
1234
01:25:19,647 --> 01:25:21,786
After three years...
1235
01:25:22,150 --> 01:25:25,154
...of suffering
the Marxist cancer...
1236
01:25:25,653 --> 01:25:27,724
...which led us...
1237
01:25:28,089 --> 01:25:32,868
...to economic, moral
and social disaster,...
1238
01:25:33,761 --> 01:25:36,708
...and which could no longer
be tolerated...
1239
01:25:38,533 --> 01:25:43,881
...for the sacred interests
of the homeland,...
1240
01:25:44,839 --> 01:25:47,376
...we found ourselves
obliged...
1241
01:25:47,509 --> 01:25:52,424
...to take on
the sad and painful mission...
1242
01:25:52,881 --> 01:25:54,918
...which we have undertaken.
1243
01:25:55,450 --> 01:25:57,327
We are not afraid.
1244
01:25:57,519 --> 01:25:59,521
We know the enormous
responsibility...
1245
01:25:59,721 --> 01:26:01,860
...that will rest
on our shoulders.
1246
01:26:02,724 --> 01:26:05,204
But we are convinced,...
1247
01:26:05,426 --> 01:26:07,565
...we are quite sure...
1248
01:26:07,829 --> 01:26:10,742
...that the vast majority
of the Chilean people...
1249
01:26:11,132 --> 01:26:12,975
...are with us.
1250
01:26:13,301 --> 01:26:16,214
They are willing to fight
against Marxism!
1251
01:26:16,337 --> 01:26:18,749
They are willing
to stamp it out...
1252
01:26:18,940 --> 01:26:20,920
...down to the final
consequences!
1253
01:26:29,684 --> 01:26:31,288
From September 11,...
1254
01:26:31,519 --> 01:26:33,999
...all the army's resources
are used...
1255
01:26:34,189 --> 01:26:35,998
...to repress
the popular movement,...
1256
01:26:36,224 --> 01:26:38,602
...with the compliance
of the U.S. government.
1257
01:26:39,594 --> 01:26:42,973
The initial armed resistance
by some industrial belts,...
1258
01:26:43,097 --> 01:26:45,077
...towns, mines and
agricultural centers...
1259
01:26:45,300 --> 01:26:47,906
...is quickly crushed
in an unequal fight.
1260
01:27:00,582 --> 01:27:02,289
Thousands of people
lose their lives,...
1261
01:27:02,550 --> 01:27:03,995
...and the main
sports stadiums...
1262
01:27:04,285 --> 01:27:06,322
...are turned into
concentration camps.
1263
01:27:07,121 --> 01:27:08,862
The longest representative
democracy...
1264
01:27:09,057 --> 01:27:11,503
...in Latin American history
has ceased to exist.
1265
01:27:12,327 --> 01:27:14,967
Nevertheless, on that same
September 11,...
1266
01:27:15,230 --> 01:27:17,471
...the democratic forces
begin to reorganize,...
1267
01:27:17,699 --> 01:27:20,043
...and adopt numerous
forms of resistance.
1268
01:27:22,170 --> 01:27:24,707
The battle of Chile
is not over yet.
1269
01:27:28,409 --> 01:27:30,912
They have the strength.
1270
01:27:31,145 --> 01:27:33,989
They can subjugate us,
1271
01:27:34,249 --> 01:27:37,355
but they cannot stop
social processes...
1272
01:27:37,585 --> 01:27:42,694
...with crime
or with strength.
1273
01:27:43,424 --> 01:27:45,995
History is ours,...
1274
01:27:46,227 --> 01:27:48,798
...and it is made
by the people.
1275
01:27:49,264 --> 01:27:52,177
You must always know...
1276
01:27:52,400 --> 01:27:56,473
...that sooner
rather than later...
1277
01:27:56,738 --> 01:27:59,947
...they will open
the great avenues...
1278
01:28:00,174 --> 01:28:03,246
...where man can walk free...
1279
01:28:03,478 --> 01:28:08,655
...and build a better society.
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