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  • Essay / Neoliberalism in Chile as a result of an extreme movement...

    Neoliberalism in ChileIn this article I argue that neoliberalism is the product of an extreme left movement and American intervention that he former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet, who ruled between the years 1973 and 1990, which transformed Chile into an economic power at the end of the Cold War. This essay first analyzes U.S. fears about the entrenchment of communism in Latin America and the extreme measures taken by the United States throughout Latin America to brainwash military personnel and promote coups. 'Military state. Second, I will identify and discuss the tipping points resulting from the left going too far. And third, I will explain the factors that contributed to the process by which neoliberalism was implemented in Chile by Augusto Pinochet as a tool to realize his national project aimed at remaking Chile into a society that would defend its values ​​of private entrepreneurship and of economic freedom that would keep the United States and Chileans at bay. American Anxiety To begin, I would like to begin with the United States' anxiety over the entrenchment of communism in Latin America and the way in which Chile is found himself under the spotlight of the Nixon administration. This followed the Cuban Missile Crisis and President Eisenhower's investment in a war against communism throughout Latin America, primarily Cuba at the time. The United States failed in the fight against socialism in Cuba, but it has increased its involvement in the other Americas by investing in the armies of each Latin American country and in counterinsurgency programs through military training, by providing military equipment and creating a “school of the Americas”. to help counter communism, and even trained military and police officers to perform electroshock torture to obtain information from middle of paper...... allowed neoliberalism to take hold and ultimately reshape the Chile into a well-balanced country. country where he is today.ResourcesCIA, 2000. CIA activities in Chile. Central Intelligence Agency Library. Accessed electronically 04/17/2014.https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/chile/Danner, M. 1994. The massacre of El Mozote. A parable from the Cold War. Vintage Books New York Remmer, K. 1989. Change of State in Chile, 1973 - 1988. Studies in Comparative International Development. pages 5 - 29Silva, E. 1996. The State and capital in Chile: business elites, technocrats and the market economy. Oxford: Westview Press. Skidmore, T. 2013. Modern Latin America. Eighth edition. Oxford University Press. Pages 268 to 485 Tinsman, Heidi. 2014. Adhering to the Diet: Grapes and Consumption during the Cold War in Chile and the United States. Print.