La hoja en blanco

They have been complex in recent years for Chile, especially if we add corporate corruption and the discrediting of republican politics and institutions to the erosion of the government projects of the Concertación and the New Majority. Therefore, during a year of elections, critical reflection on the representativeness of the Poder Legislativo and, especially, the one hundred and twenty "honorable" representatives that allow or impede changes in our country become urgent. In this detailed and no less ironic analysis, the journalist Nancy Guzmán bares with humor what each deputy does and...

"Es marzo de 1974. Una joven militante socialista es detenida por agentes de la DINA y condenada a errar por siniestros centros de tortura. Resiste cinco meses, pero cuando enfrenta amenazas dirigidas a su familia, decide colaborar. Da nombres, participa en poroteos, confecciona diccionarios marxistas, diseña organigramas de movimientos de izquierda, entabla relaciones amorosas con sus captores y, finalmente, en 1975 es oficialmente reclutada como funcionaria de la DINA por su director, Manuel Contreras. "Me llamo Luz Arce. Me ha costado mucho recuperar este nombre. Existe sobre mí una...

"Marvelous collection of newspaper editorials, reflecting different political opinions, on the Allende period. Also contains numerous pictures as well as documents plus various political cartoons. A godsend to scholars who wish to avoid grimy archives"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.