Chile People

1. United States Policy and Covert Action In his 1971 State of the World Message, released February 25, 1971, President Nixon announced: "We are prepared to have the kind of relationship with the Chilean government that it is prepared to have with us." This public articulation of American policy followed internal discussions during the NSSM 97 exercise. Charles Meyer, Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, elaborated that "correct but minimal" line in his 1973 testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations: Mr. MEYER. The policy of the Government, Mr. Chairman, was that there would be no intervention in the political affairs of Chile. We were consistent in that we financed no candidates, n ... [Read More]

U.S. Dept. of State Press Statement: Chile Declassification Project: Final Release

Media Note Chile Declassification Project: Final Release Today the Department of State, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Archives and Records Administration, and the National Security Council are releasing newly declassified and other documents related to events in Chile from 1968-91. These documents are part of a discretionary review of U.S. government files related to human rights abuses, terrorism, and other acts of political violence prior to and during the Pinochet era in Chile. National Security Council staff coordinated this interagency effort on behalf of the President. Agencies made an initial release of approximately 5,800 documents on June 30, 199 ... [Read More]

International Adoption Chile

Telephone: (56)(2) 398-4447 CHILE ADOPTION PROCEDURES: Families interested in adopting in Chile must apply and be approved by SENAME, which keeps the national registry of children eligible for adoption. These children have been declared eligible for adoption (susceptible de ser adoptado) by a judge and all parental rights have been terminated. SENAME matches available children with families who wish to adopt. Blood relatives are always given priority, followed by Chilean families, then non-Chilean families. After a child is matched with a family, ... [Read More]

U.S. Dept. of State FOIA Electronic Reading Room - Hinchey Report (CIA Activities in Chile)

As the 1970 Presidential election drew near, Allende emerged as a leading candidate; various leftist parties continued to strengthen the Popular Unity (UP) coalition.  The Station used some of the covert actions mentioned above to carry out a variety of political action and propaganda operations aimed at discrediting the left.  The 40 Committee told the CIA to confine itself to attacking the UP coalition and not support any particular Presidential candidate.  The objective was to divide the left and create conditions for a non-Marxist candidate to win the election.  On 27 June 1970 the Station was directed to focus the �spoiling operation� more directly against Allende�s candidacy.  The plan was to alert the Chilean people to the dangers of a Marxist regime under Allende. ... [Read More]

Chile

Approximately 1.2 million persons identify themselves as indigenous. The Mapuches, from the south, account for approximately 930,000 of this total. There are also small Aymara, Atacameno, Rapa Nui, and Kawaskhar populations in other parts of the country. A committee composed of representatives of indigenous groups participated in drafting the 1993 law that recognizes the ethnic diversity of the indigenous population and gives indigenous people a voice in decisions affecting their lands, cultures, and traditions. It provides for eventual bilingual education in schools with indigenous populations, replacing a statute that emphasized assimilation of indigenous people. Of the population that identifies itself as indigenous, approximately one-half remained separated from the rest of society, largely due to historical, cultural, educational, and geographical factors. In practice the ability of indigenous people to participate in governmental decisions affecting their lands, cultures, traditi ... [Read More]

Remarks by President Bush and President Lagos of Chile in Photo Opportunity

PRESIDENT BUSH: Listen, I'm honored to be here with el Presidente de Chile, Ricardo Lagos. Mr. President, thank you for your leadership and friendship. We have had a very close working relationship. And the people of the world should take notice of the fact that Chile and America negotiated and finalized a free trade agreement -- a free trade agreement which is in the interests of the people of America and the people of Chile. It's an example of the bilateral trade relationships that my government thinks is important. ... [Read More]

U.S. Dept. of State's White House Press Statement 11-13-00

11 1 11 111 THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary___________________________________________________________________________For Immediate ReleaseNovember 13, 2000 STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY Today the Department of State, the Central Intelligence Agency, theDepartment of Defense, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the NationalArchives and Records Administration, and the Department of Justice arereleasing newly declassified and other documents related to events in Chilefrom 1968-91. These documents are part of a discre ... [Read More]

V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G

The Peoples� Republic of China is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. A significant number of Chinese women and children are trafficked internally for forced marriage and forced labor. Chinese women are at times lured abroad with false promises of legitimate employment and then trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation to destinations throughout Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and North America, while Chinese men have been trafficked for forced labor to Europe, South America, and the Middle East. A large number of Chinese men and women are smuggled abroad at enormous personal financial cost and, upon arrival in the destination country, are subjected to commercial sexual exploitation or other forms of exploitative labor to repay their debts. They often face exploitative conditions that meet t ... [Read More]

Interview by Amaro Gomez-Pablos of Television Nacional Chile

And I would just make one point about Guantanamo. We do not want to keep anybody in Guantanamo longer than necessary, but we have let some people out of Guantanamo who we have ended up meeting on the battlefield again. And we have to remember that the people who are at Guantanamo were picked up on the battlefields in Afghanistan fighting American and coalition forces. These are people who were part of the jihad, many of the professed parts of the jihad, and it's an extremely important security matter that we try not to release anybody so that they can decide to go and kill Americans or Spaniards or whoever else they'd like to kill again. ... [Read More]