The Youth Of Latin America (and elsewhere) Are On Fire!

The youth of Peru aren't satisfied with the scalps of just two presidents.

Last week the socialists won in Bolivia. Today was Chile's turn.

You heard about it, right? It was on all the news.

By now you are familiar with the depressing events in Bolivia, so I won't spend time on it.

Instead I want to talk about the good news in Chile.

According to the WSJ, the government of Chile is being unfairly and irrationally undermined by an international socialist konspiracy.

Something/Someone Old

I have been re-reading the Richard Jury mysteries by Martha Grimes.

THE IMBUNCHE (Traditional Chilean Folk Monster)

Once upon a time the people of a South American nation elected a Marxist president against the wishes of the US ruling elites.

This was that man, Salvador Allende,

and this was Chile

The November 16 edition of The Economist made a definitive statement.

No, not that September 11th. I mean September 11th, 1973, when the CIA, ITT corporation, Nixon and Kissinger coordinated a military coup overthrowing a democratically-elected regime under Salvador Allende and imposing the world's first genuinely neoliberal government under a junta headed by Augusto Pinochet. So okay here's the death toll:

Hey! Good Evening!

This evening's music features blues steel guitar player Freddie Roulette and r&b singer Tyrone Davis. Enjoy!

Hey! Good Evening!

This evening's music features Chicago blues singer Jimmy Lee Robinson, also known as Lonesome Jimmy Lee. Enjoy!