50th Anniversary of the coup in Chile
The commemoration of the significant 50th Anniversary of the coup d'état of September 11, 1973 in Chile takes center stage from August 21 to 25 within the framework of the Book Fair of the Autonomous University of Mexico City (UACM), a Member Center of CLACSO.
Monday, August 21, the first day of the Fair, was dedicated to various activities commemorating the 50th Anniversary, including the "Thanks to Life" Workshop, the presentation and distribution of the UACM-FCE co-published material "Allende at the United Nations, The Chilean Way to Socialism and the Basic Program of Popular Unity 1970-1976", a poster exhibition, a call to the children of Chilean exiles, as well as a film series with works by filmmaker Patricio Guzmán and greetings from Architect Miguel Lawner.
A key moment of the Commemoration is the Round Table on historical memory, featuring the presentation of the book “One Hundred Voices Break the Silence: Testimonies of Former Political Prisoners of the Military Dictatorship in Chile (1973-1990),” a valuable and courageous compilation by Wally Kunstmann, who will be present at the event. The book is a joint publication of the UACM (Autonomous University of Mexico City) and the Fondo de Cultura Económica (Economic Culture Fund). It is a formidable testimonial work, with a foreword by Beatriz Torrez, head of the Academic Center for the Memory of Our America at the UACM, which aims to contribute to strengthening historical memory in the face of the impunity, silence, and oblivion sought by the perpetrators of the coup and the continuation of neoliberalism in the land of Salvador Allende. Reading it places us before a historical event of Latin American significance. The Round Table included Tania Rodríguez (Rector), Wally Kunstmann (Compiler), Paco Ignacio Taibo II (FCE) and Darío Salinas (IBERO-CLACSO), moderated by Beatriz Torrez.
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