Volume 32, Number 11 · June 27, 1985
Pinochet's Tyranny
By Mark A. Uhlig
Anyone who doubts the power of simple military intimidation might learn much from recent events in Chile. On November 28, 1984, the day of the largest protest yet called by opponents to General Augusto Pinochet's military regime, a group of opposition leaders began to sing the Chilean national anthem in Santiago's main square. Columns of carabineros, the nation's civilian police, immaculately dressed in jackboots, olive dress uniforms, and peaked military caps, ran into the square with their night sticks raised. Two riot trucks with spouting water cannons charged through the crowd, sweeping pedestrians from their feet, and washing away shoeshine and souvenir stands as the owners scrambled to safety. A police helicopter swooped overhead, and bus loads of helmeted riot troops pulled into position around the square.
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