President Boric after Matthei said: “The coup d’état is not justifiable, the dictatorship was criminal and illegitimate”

In the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the coup led by General Augusto Pinochet, Chilean President Gabriel Boric surprised the whole country by reciting Salvador Allende’s historic speech of September 11, 1973. The scene, broadcast live on national television and amplified by speakers around the Palacio de La Moneda, returned the martyr president’s voice to the spaces where he fell under the fire of the coup forces. A powerful, poetic a…

"What I want to point out is that probably at the beginning, in 1973 and 1974, it was very inevitable that they had died, but already in 78, 82, when they continue to occur, there no longer, because there was control of the territory," said the former mayor UDI.

After stating that the coup d’état was “necessary” and that the deaths of 1973 and 1974 were “inevitable”, presidential candidate Evelyn Matthei faced criticism from the ruling party and the right. In a video published on social networks, she said that her statements were “distorted” and reiterated her commitment to human rights and democracy. This article “I will never justify violations of the HHD.”: Matthei nuanced his sayings after justifyin…

Evelyn Matthei, presidential candidate of Chile Vamos, published a video online responding to the controversy over his statements on Radio Agricultura, where he called the 1973 coup d’état “necessary” and the deaths until 1975 as “invitable.” In the video, Matthei said that all political sectors were responsible for the democratic breakdown and accused the left of distorting their sayings. Despite his earlier statements, he said that “I have nev…

On April 16, Evelyn Matthei gave an interview to Radio Agricultura, where she made harsh statements justifying the dictatorship in Chile. Her words generated strong criticism from the public and provoked a wave of reactions on social networks. “It was necessary. If not, we were going right to Cuba. There was no other alternative”, was the controversial phrase of the candidate for the presidency of Chile. On the same thing, and after stressing th…

Reactions to Evelyn Matthei’s justification of 193 coup plotting and explanation of “inevitable” deaths due to the action of the military and Carabineros. Statements of rejection of presidential candidates and legislators. The right-wing candidate crossed boundaries, justified murders, wronged the human condition. “El Siglo”. Santiago. Valparaíso. 16/4/2025. “The coup d’état in Chile is not justifiable. The dictatorship was criminal and illegiti…