Boric condemns presidential hopeful's remarks regarding Pinochet's regime

Presidential candidate Evelyn Matthei responded harshly to President Gabriel Boric after he posted on her account...

Boric condemns presidential hopeful's remarks regarding Pinochet's regime

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font strongly condemned opposition leader Evelyn Matthei’s justification of the 1973 coup d’état that overthrew Salvador Allende. Boric insisted that Augusto Pinochet Ugarte's military dictatorship (1973-1990) was 'criminal and illegitimate' and noted that nothing justified the murders, disappearances, tortures, and exiles that ensued

“It was necessary. If not, we were going straight to Cuba. There was no other alternative.” Only that phrase sufficed Chile’s flagwoman Vamos (UDI, RN and Evopoli), Evelyn Matthei, to become the center of the criticism of the ruling party. In an extensive interview with Radio Agricultura, the former mayor was consulted regarding her position on the 1973 coup d’état against the government of Salvador Allende. The issue has never been easy for the…

The presidential candidate of the center-right coalition Chile Come on, Evelyn Matthei, claimed responsibility for the military coup that took place in the neighboring country in 1973, in which Augusto Pinochet overthrew Salvador Allende, and endorsed the crimes committed at the beginning of the process. "It was necessary. If not, we were going right to Cuba. There was no other alternative," said the former mayor of the municipality of Providenc…

The candidate for the presidency by the right-wing coalition Chile Come on, Evelyn Matthei, today defended Augusto Pinochet's coup d'état and the

In a new chapter of El Análisis Político, Rodrigo Bravo addressed the controversial statements of Chilean presidential candidate Come on, Evelyn Matthei, who said that the coup d’état “was necessary” and that “it was inevitable that they had died.”