Yup. Some of the land owners from the southern part of the country are German - now, not all of them are/were Nazis (many arrived at the end of the 19th Century) but a lot of them are descendants from Nazi soldiers that escaped.
Hell, even a goddamn fascist politician with presidential aspirations (my Chilean peeps will know who) is a grandson of a Nazi soldier. Though the guy denies he was a Nazi, but there's pictures. And, well, that family was involved in the Dictatorship AND especially a crime against humanity in a certain part of our country.
But... yeah, some people just don't give a fuck. They'll vote for him anyway.
Some it's not that they don't give a fuck. It's that they actually think it was a good thing, and should happen more often.
Allende's government was not simply failing, was in a catastrophic state: We had an hyperinflation of 600%, the economy was collapsing, real wages were down more than 50% compared to 1970.
But it was not only the economy. What some people tend to omit or simply forget is that Allende's government continually and systematically broke the law and the constitution.
This is the complete text of the resolution that Chile's Chamber of Deputies approved by 81 votes against 47, on August 22 1973. The resolution includes a list of the legal and constitutional violations committed by the government of President Salvador Allende:
Hmmm. I knew about his subjection and repression of unions, but I've never heard about his attacks and jailings of journalists f.e.
Still, that's a big difference from the current conditions in Venezuela. What makes you think Allende would have ignored his defeat?
Well, the alt is banned, but I'm here to help.
ERA, this is what I meant by fake news.
1.- The Chambers of Deputy's don't, or didn't, have the power to declare if a government is or is not constitutional. That's what the Contraloría does in this country. Want to know what happened with this?
There was a law passed by Congress that left open the possibility of big companies to be expropiated. Allende passed the law parcially until that problem was solved. Contraloria said that act was against the Constitution. Congress take that, and says "SEE? The Government is against the Constitution, we need a coup!". The congress was elected as opposition that very same year.
In our legislation, basically every government has had some act, or in some form, declared against the constitution. It's normal, that's what Contraloria or the Tribunal Constitucional is for. To avoid situations of legal contradictions.
Allende was accused, by the same newspapers that recieved funds by the CIA, of using what was called "resquicios legales" or legal loopholes. Which is false. He used actual legislation that was completely legal since decades ago, even from 1925 itself. He never "broke" the constitution.
This chamber wanted to accuse the President, but did not have enough electoral power to do it. So, they asked the military to act.
In my years studying laws and institutional history, had a whole class regarding this topic. Right Wing always try to hide their justification of the coup in "butbut the constitution!" when it's entirely false.
2.- I'll say it again in this new page. CHILEAN ECONOMY GOT WORSE UNDER PINOCHET. Two MAJOR economic crisis in 78 and 82. The economy only recovered in the 1990s with the center-left governments.