Chile: A Troublesome Legacy

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