CHILE: The Story Behind the Coup

CHILE: The Story Behind the Coup

It was, countless newspapers and magazines informed us, the “most triumphant” story of 2010. The rescue of 33 Chilean miners ...
Eyewitness to a Coup

Eyewitness to a Coup

Eyewitness to a Coup“In September, 1973, I was a 26-year-old doctoral student finishing my dissertation research ... my own political ...
HAITI The Elite's Revenge

HAITI The Elite’s Revenge

For many Haitians, the presidency of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide marked a joyous new beginning, a "second in- dependence." The first ...
Chile and History: The Meanings of 1973

Chile and History: The Meanings of 1973

It is probably inevitable that historical watersheds are transformed into slo- gans of tremendous symbolic power. Nixon encountered his "Waterloo" ...
DANGEROUS CROSSROADS

DANGEROUS CROSSROADS

Not so long ago, most everyone on the Left agreed that U.S. military intervention in the internal affairs of another ...
Locked in Battle

Locked in Battle

ON OCTOBER 15, 1979 A GROUP OF YOUNG officers carried out a bloodless coup against the government of General Oscar ...
Père Lebrun in Context

Père Lebrun in Context

The September military coup d'etat that overthrew Haitian president Jean- Bertrand Aristide shone a new spotlight on the issue of ...
U.S vs. Chile's Socialist Experiment

U.S vs. Chile’s Socialist Experiment

U.S. vs. Chile’s Socialist Experiment Fred Rosen Steven Volk notes that Salvador Allende “promised to lead Chile through a peaceful ...