hours i am there would die in office overthrown and replaced by anglo american backed dictator augusto pinochet and according to some leaders fighting global neoliberalism the legacy of pinochet lives on. board they don't want to lecture and they want to. wipe us away in a pinochet style. sometimes we say these hard things and in europe and other places they see it as an exaggeration or extremist and it's not exaggerated they want to put a pinochet in place in venezuela i mean. today democratically elected maduro may still be in power in venezuela custodian of the world's greatest known reserves of oil even after attempts by the european union to overthrow him but in chile washington's man is in trouble accused of reviving the days when u.k. companies armed pinochet to torture his people after so many years of trying to recover from a long dictatorship of almost 20 years you have an open wound in the chilean society when you have the military on the street and that's another thing that we have to take into account when understanding this crisis is that trauma of to land society of having the mi

hours i am there would die in office overthrown and replaced by anglo american backed dictator augusto pinochetand according to some leaders fighting global neoliberalism the legacy of pinochet lives on. board they don't want to lecture and they want to. wipe us away in a pinochet style. sometimes we say these hard things and in europe and other places they see it as an exaggeration or extremist and it's not exaggerated they want to put a pinochet in place in venezuela i mean sino today democratically elected maduro may still be in power in venezuela custodian of the world's greatest known reserves of oil even after attempts by the european union to overthrow him but in chile washington's man is in trouble accused of reviving the days when u.k. companies armed pinochet to torture his people after so many years of trying to recover from a long dictatorship of almost 20 years you have an open wound in the chilean society when you have the military on the street and that's another thing that we have to take into account when understanding this crisis. trauma of to land society of having the milita

in 1973, pas was a teacher when general augusto pinochet overthrew the chilean government and establishedh targeted by the police, she defied the curfew to document marginalised communities persecuted by the regime. this brutal military way of activity, you work in metaphors, you work differently, and a way to avoid them, you know? at the end of the regime, with the coup, i had to stop my teaching at schools which was my work at the time. i had to work like a freelance photographer. in those days there weren't many women photographers. you had to be very brave to do that. things were complicated because of the curfew. in work, i had very young children, and a baby. the only way to do my things was to start investigating the street by myself. it was a way also to do sort of political resistance, but it was very scary because the police was always after hours. on that experience helped me a lot to move around and do sort out places to work, sort of, alibis, you know? and confronting the police that was heavy on us, you know, photographers in the street. of course my house had been searched.

back dictator augusto pinochet but for more of the other fights for democracy taking place now for america i'm joined now by sky by award winning muckraker greg palast who's in los angeles california greg thanks so much for coming back on so we heard from a chilean politician you've been one of the world's great just communicators about globalization what sit made you feel seeing violence in chile be the cradle of near liberalism. look this is an old story we've now had for decades of battles back and forth between the neo cons and globalization free market liberalization which basically means allowing u.s. and european companies to grab the resources of latin america they do it under the cover of free markets democracy which oddly doesn't involve respecting elections so i seen this i was you know reporting on the ground out of venezuela out of peru out of argentina out of chile and so i've seen this again and again where then you have popular uprisings you know you have popular elections putting in people like you good job is you have a home or alephs you had to kitchener's in argentina y

hours i in there would die in office overthrown and replaced by anglo american backed dictator augusto pinochetand according to some leaders fighting global neoliberalism the legacy of pinochet lives on. board they don't want to lecture and they want to and. why pursue away in a pinochet style. sometimes we say these hard things and in europe and other places they see it as an exaggeration or extremist and it's not exaggerated they want to put a pinochet in place in venezuela i mean they're not saying no to a democratically elected mayor durham may still be in bahrain venezuela because showed you know the world's greatest known reserves of oil even after attempts by the european union to overthrow him but in chile washington's man is in trouble.

rights state also marks the 13th anniversary of the death of chile's former dictator general augusto pinochet's members of the historic generation as they're called who are joined by many of today's most outspoken rights activists like ruby. security police blew out these women's eyes with a tear gas canister and she is now blind it happened a short while ago when she was returning from work. human rights organizations say that many of those injured or killed in more than 7 weeks of social unrest have been peaceful demonstrators or even bystanders sensitive to charges of abuses presidents of a stampede promised to implement stronger safeguards but it. is history has shown that it's not one must always work to perfect old methods to assure that in chile human rights will always be respected. the government promised to retrain police and assured that they respect protocols for and to dry it weapons is still a work in progress this is the cartridge of the type of pellet that has left many protesters blind but it is not the only danger according to the president of the medical association human rig

april next year the current constitution dates back to 1980 under the dictatorship of general augusto pinochet . let me once again with a pencil and paper we citizens will be able to express our opinion and the find the country will take. a stand a speck is the founder and editor in chief of chile today and he says president pinera his legacy will be decided by the way he deals with the fallout of these protests. a one sided he can right now be to president and under his presidency a new constitution will be written i mean it's a chance for him to write history but on the other side i mean there's a lot of blood on his hands for everything that happened during the protests at the end is responsible for the atrocities committed by the army by the police so in some form he is responsible and the coming months or the months until the referendum and everything that happens off the debt will be very key for his presidency will he be the president of the human rights violations or will he be to president of the new future in. sudan's transitional government has unveiled its fast budget aiming to rev

gas and water cannon the constitution dates back to the 1980 and the dictatorship of general augusto pinochet boris vander spec is the editor in chief of chile today he says sebastian pinera is legacy will be decided by the way he deals with the fallout of the protests a one sided he can right now be to president and under his presidency a new constitution will be written i mean it's a chance for him to write history but on the other side i mean there's a lot of blood on his hands for everything that happened during the protests at the end is responsible for the atrocities committed by the army by the police so in some form years responsible and the coming months or the months until the referendum and everything that happens after death will be very key for his presidency will he be the president of the human rights violations or really be to president of the new future in chile. criminal gangs in mexico to tory's the cocaine trafficking or switching their attention to a fruit with a much healthier reputation of a cardio farmer say their $1000000000.00 business is being wrecked by kidnapping

current constitution dates back to 1980 when the country was under the dictatorship of general augusto pinochet. lamentable rapids once again with a pencil and paper we citizens in be able to express an opinion and they find the paf so country will take. borisov and the spec is the founder and editor in chief of chile today and he joins us up via skype from the chilean capital of a one welcome to the program and one year if you will this referendum over a new constitution actually achieve well the idea of course is to to get an entire new constitution that will save the guard the social security did so many to laos are looking for at the moment in chile the government doesn't need to provide education doesn't need to provide health care a lot of basic things are things you would consider basic are not in the current constitution so a lot of chileans hope that if a new constitution will be written for children all these new new social importances for people 'd will be part of the new constitution and will mean an entire new chiller so new constitution is for a lot of chileans a very big thing wh

and water cannon the constitution itself goes back to $980.00 and the dictatorship of general augusto pinochet. look i mean once again with a pencil and paper we citizens and be able to express our opinion and they find the pof the country will take. now russia says it is deployed a new hypersonic missile which some defense analysts think could be the latest sign of a new arms race the weapon reportedly flies it $27.00 times the speed of sound and can carry a nuclear warhead the russians say the intercontinental missile can make sharp maneuvers in the atmosphere making many defense systems useless because they can intercept them russia says it secures its position as a world leader in hypersonic weapons the u.s. and china though say they are developing similar systems we have got with us now defense analyst and columnist on skype from moscow it's nice to see you pavel hypersonic what is so special about this and if it's going at $27.00 times the speed is down how much faster is that than a quote unquote conventional missile. oh no this is early conventional missiles have the same speed and act

to confirm whether they want to replace the current constitution which dates back to dictator augusto pinochet and if so whether it should be drafted by citizens or a combination of citizens and lawmakers chileans will also be asked to rank the top 3 priorities in terms of public services she has been gripped by weeks of protests over the rising cost of living of inequality the government's trying to negotiate reforms to appease demonstrators let's go by now to santiago left in america editor lucien newman is there so how significant is this last year it was a key demand by protesters wasn't it. yes it still is adrian i'm inside a we could call it a polling area this is being organized by i have to clarify by the municipalities all over the country 2 thirds of the municipalities are participating in this consultation which is nonbinding it's like a referendum but as i say it's not binding but it does have does carry a lot of moral and political weight particularly if there is a very very large turnout and the difference between this vote another is is that chileans as young as 14 can participa

rights state also marks the 13th anniversary of the death of chile's former dictator general augusto pinochet's members of the historic generation as they're called who are joined by many of today's most outspoken rights activists like ruby. security police blew up these women's eyes with a tear gas canister and she is now blind it happened a short while ago when she was returning from work. human rights organizations say that many of those injured or killed in more than 7 weeks of social unrest have been peaceful demonstrators or even bystanders sensitive to charges of abuses presidents of us. promise to implement stronger safeguards but it. is history has shown that it's not one must always work to perfect old methods to assure that in chile human rights will always be respected. the government's promise to retrain police and assured that they respect protocols for and to riot weapons is still a work in progress this is the cartridge of the type of pellet that has left many protesters blind but it is not the only danger according to the president of the medical association human rights commis

next year the current constitution dates back to $1800.00 under the dictatorship of general augusto pinochet. lamentable rapids once again with a pencil and paper we citizens in be able to express an opinion and define the paf how country will take. a bar a savan the spec is the founder and editor in chief of cheney today he talked to me on skype earlier and i asked him if the signing of the stick will satisfy those protests s. no they won't won't 'd be satisfied because there's been a lot of things that happened over the last couple of weeks that are still not soft for example the human rights violations parents unit so many people who died who got severely injured. people getting shot in the eyes by riot police at this moment and. there are large protests with a lot of oppression again so the protesters they will continue because they they see now that the protests really they do change something so they were right now look for it for other ways to to get for example to human rights violations punished and boris pinera approval ratings i believe can read correct me if i'm wrong on this are