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Prompted by the events of 9/11 in New York, Argentine journalist Jorge Timossi revisits the coup in Chile on the same date three decades earlier. Timossi was himself an eyewitness to the military takeover against the popular, democratically elected government of Salvador Allende--a coup blessed by the Nixon administration. This book condemns terrorism in all its guises.

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Publishers Weekly Review

In this collection of articles and interviews, writer and journalist Timossi, winner of the José Martí National Journalism Award for Grandes Alamedas: El combate del presidente Allende, aims to show how the U. S. government has been directly involved in the military coups of Latin America, as well as in Europe and Africa. Timossi starts by describing how the relationship between Chile and Cuba began during the late 1960s and includes speeches made by Fidel Castro and Salvador Allende. He then describes how the two leaders met Che Guevara and how the latter played an important role in cementing the new friendship. The second part of the book consists of investigative reports by Gregorio Selser, Isabel Jaramillo, Lisandro Otero, and Timossi himself (during Chile's 1973 coup, Timossi worked as a journalist for Prensa Latina) in which U.S. participation in the military coups of Central and South America becomes clear. Here, ambassadors, CIA agents, and other U.S. political representatives who masterminded the coups are named and their collaborations detailed. The third part of the book gives Allende's firsthand account of what went on in La Moneda as the overturn of power was taking place. Though the text can be repetitious owing to the use throughout of different voices (i.e., the different speeches and investigative reports), this repetition helps substantiate the allegations against the United States. Another minor turnoff is the appearance of ironic remarks in Selser's report regarding key players in the coup, which turn historical facts into yellow propaganda. Nevertheless, this book is highly recommended for bookstores with an audience interested in learning how the United States plays a key role in determining democracies in Third World countries.-Ana K. Bonfante, Berwyn, IL (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved All rights reserved.

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Jorge Timossi is a well-known Argentinean journalist and writer who has written several books and received numerous international prizes for journalism.