Very depressing movie about children being caught up in the 70's political revolution in Chile. Many of you may have seen the movie "Missing" with Jack Lemon which dealt with the same revolution. Edited from From Rotten Tomatoes: Political unrest destroys the relationship between two schoolboys in this drama. In Chile in 1973, as the leadership of socialist president Salvador Allende was coming under fire from the nation's military leaders and the leaders of several powerful Western nations (including Nixon, Kissinger and the CIA). Allende and many in the country were inspired to address the issues of the vast gulf between Chile's rich and poor
From Wikipedia: Allende adopted the policy of nationalization of industries and collectivization. On 11 September 1973 the military staged a coup against Allende. As the armed forces surrounded La Moneda Palace, Allende gave his last speech vowing not to resign, and then committed suicide. After Allende's death, Chile was led by a military junta beginning a dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet. SERIOUS NIXON/KISSINGER/CIA INVOLVEMENT.
General Augusto Pinochet was indicted for human rights violations committed in his native Chile by Spanish magistrate Baltasar Garzón on 10 October 1998. He was arrested in London six days later and finally released by the British government in March 2000. Authorized to freely return to Chile, Pinochet was then indicted by judge Juan Guzmán Tapia, and charged with a number of crimes, before dying on 10 December 2006, without having been convicted in any case.
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