Autor: James Cooper

The Coup d’etat After 50 Years: Chile Today Fifty years ago today, the Chilean military overthrew the democratically elected, leftist government of Salvador Allende, plunging the South American country into 17 years of a brutal dictatorship. An estimated 3,000 dissidents and political opponents of the military were killed, some 30,000 people were tortured, and hundreds of thousands of Chileans fled into exile during the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet. A veneer of bland conformity blanketed Chilean society, as creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit were drummed out. Crony capitalism managed to eke out impressive economic results, but that was also…

Hoy hace cien años, el legendario revolucionario mexicano, el General Francisco “Pancho” Villa, fue asesinado. Navegando entre los roles de bandido y revolucionario. El presidente Díaz enfrentó presiones sociales y  convulsiones políticas lideradas por Emiliano Zapata en el sur y Villa en el norte del país Vila era el Robin Hood de México, ya que sus victorias sobre los opresores tiranos del pueblo común de su país se convirtieron en leyendas ARTICULO COMPLETO AQUI: One Hundred Years of Attitude By James Cooper One hundred years ago today, legendary Mexican revolutionary General Francisco “Pancho” Villa was assassinated. Straddling the lines between…