Nothing to see here... move along!
Posted on 05/17/2021 7:07:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A convention to change the Constitution sounds like Mark Levin to me but the Left may have gotten the upper hand in this Chilean vote.
Good article...I lived in Chile for over 5-years in the early 2000’s...was a good country...growing middle class, many good-paying jobs in the mining industry, lots of good tourist destinations.
Friends there now tell me living in country now is very different and becoming increasingly dangerous.
The key is and will be the military...will the senior officers buy into this self-imposed disaster?
I don’t think so.
They never should have patched the bullet holes in the outside walls of La Moneda...I always thought they were an impressive reminder.
Chile still has a military.
The wealthy always do get out with heir money.
I am still on the Chile U.S. Embassy’s news distribution list...amazing the increase in warnings about upcoming “disturbances”.
This all starts and is encouraged in the universities...especially Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago.
If people think our US universities are far left...they ain’t seen nuttin...nada.
I lived for one year, prior to moving to La Serena, in Lo Barnechea, two houses from the back yard of Pinochet’s Santiago residence.
Safest location in all of South America!!
This really stinks. I always wanted to visit Valparaiso and the Chilean wine country, was hoping to plan vaca in the next couple of years. Guess I’ll find something else to do.
You can still visit Valparaiso as soon as you can. The full effects of socialism won’t take effect for a few years.
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“You would think the Chileans had learned a lesson from it.”
Learned a lesson, appears not. Immediately brought to mind Ronald Reagan’s 1964 speech to the RNC. Clearly a lesson here for US.
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” No weatherman, but Chile may be in for another period of night and fog.
“This will get interesting. Peru’s presidential elections are in less than a month.”
This is Keiko Fujimori’s third bid for president. She and supporters may have focused so much on their agenda that they’ve sorely ignored nurturing their bench with future candidates. Same failure to nurture the bench applies at all levels with professional pols in the US, especially Congress. Easy to sort out that newcomer Pedro Castillo is all but an out-of-the-closet Sendero. On a white horse and wearing a straw hat he embodies inspiration by Augusto Sandino.
“It’s all very sad what’s happening in what used to be a very pleasant, civilized and prosperous country.”
Thank You, you very well describe Chile and the situation.
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