From Al-Jazeera…
A Chilean judge has ordered the arrest of almost 100 former soldiers and secret police over rights abuses dating from General Augusto Pinochet’s government.
Victor Montiglio ordered the detentions as part of a probe into the kidnappings and murder of scores of opponents of Pinochet during “Operation Colombo” in 1975.
A total of 119 people [...]

Victor Jara: A Desalambrar…

Here’s a translation of the lyrics, thanks to Angelique…
Yo pregunto a los presentes
si no se han puesto a pensar
que esta tierra es de nosotros
y no del que tenga más.
i ask those present
hasn’t it ever occurred to you
that this land belongs to us
and not to him who has more
Yo pregunto si en la [...]

Víctor Jara…

From Socialist Worker…
Rioting shook Chile’s capital Santiago on Wednesday of last week during a day of protest called by the CUT, the main trade union federation.
The march at the centre of the day of action was about 3,000 strong, with a significant presence of workplace delegations.
There is some competition between CUT president Arturo Martinez [...]

[Thanks Steve]
From Art Against Empire…

Victor Jara: Te Recuerdo Amanda… (Translation below… Thanks Davinca)

Te Recuerdo Amanda
I remember you, Amanda, / how you run on the road wet with rain / into the factory / where Manuel was working.
The broad smile, / the rain in your hair / you did not care, / you wanted to meet with [...]

Tribute to Victor Jara…
Drawing on the long tradition of the guitar-wielding troubadour, Chilean folksinger Victor Jara saw the ‘guitar as gun’, firing-off ‘bullets of song’ at oppressive military regimes and in support of popular struggles. Jara would play his songs about the plight of landless peasants and factory workers in shanty towns, community [...]

From the BBC…
One of the most notorious figures from the regime of former military ruler of Chile, General Augusto Pinochet, has died in prison, officials have said.
Osvaldo Romo, who was serving 15 years in jail for killing three dissidents during Gen Pinochet’s rule, died of heart and respiratory problems.
Known as “El Guaton” (”The Fat [...]