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From: ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Duarte,Christian Democrats
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Date: Mon, 30-Dec-85 14:52:08 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 30 14:52:08 1985
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In article <1947@psuvax1.UUCP> berman@psuvax1.UUCP (Piotr Berman) writes:
        >I do not try to challenge you on those facts, but during the Pinochet
        >coup the alliences were different.  Possibly, it was not an allience,
        >but allegedly CD's hoped that Pinochet coup would put them back in
        >power after several years of transition.  Any comments about that?

This is correct. The CDs hoped that the military would stay on power
temporarily until new elections could take place. They expected to win
the elections (and they would have won if the elections had taken place).
Of course, Pinochet had a different idea in mind.

        >Although the latter is partially a speculation, one may say
        >that CD didn't support Allende particularly.

Yes, they didn't support Allende, as they were the main opposition party
to the Popular Unity (Allende's party). That doesn't mean they were in
any kind of alliance with the coup masters. Let me add that the situatuion
in Chile at the time of the coup was so chaotic (a combination of a failure
in Allende's policies + help from the CIA, the big transnational companies
like ITT and the US banks) that when the coup took place, most people
felt a big relief. Of course, they had no idea of what was coming.

        >I would like to have some military
        >concessions, if I were a rebel.  For example, providing autonomy
        >for provinces controlled partially by rebels, so they would have
        >some secure regions for themselves in the transitiory stage,
        >similarly legalization of their armed forces, provided that they
        >are contained in their zone etc.

Partitioning the country everytime new rebels show up will be catastrophic.
Instead, people should sit down and try to negotiate whatever differences
they have. If the demands of the rebels are legitimate (like having an
effective land reform), there shouldn't be any problem in reaching an
agreement with the government in return for peace. However, if all the
rebels want is to have a cuban-style revolution, then there is little
chance of any talks to succeed.
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    Eduardo Krell               UCLA Computer Science Department
    ekrell@ucla-locus.arpa      ..!{sdcrdcf,ihnp4,trwspp,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!ekrell