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imenja

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Mon Dec-13-04 02:09 AM
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4. somehow I'm not comfortable using Pinochet as a model

Thousands of Chileans were tortured and murdered during his privatization schemes. I find something obscene in pointing to economic changes from that period as some sort of marvel. In addition, workers wages dropped dramatically under Pinochet. He used the military to repress unions and thus forcibly lower wages.

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