I'm back in Chile after a month in the U.S. There was a mood of euphoria, anger, change, and just general happening after Pinochet's death that lasted until I left Santiago shortly before the new year. That's dissipated now, leaving only the occasional graffiti statement that hasn't been wiped away; now, the tiny hole-punch confetti that litters Santiago after this weekend marks celebrations of nothing more momentous than Chile's youth soccer's qualification for their World Cup.
posted by stream at 1:07 PM
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Some young, leftist people are not given so fast on the image and legacy of Pinochet. Before grafitis used to say "Death to Pinochet" or other such gentil statements. Now, however, the young are referring and combatting its movement, not the person. So the grafitis now will say "Death to the Pinochet Movement." And the struggle continues.
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