« LThe misfortune of the world began with the denial of a victory for the left.” While the name of the Prime Minister is still awaited and Emmanuel Macron has refused to appoint Lucie Castets, the candidate of the New Popular Front, to Matignon, Jean-Luc Mélenchon tackled the head of state, this Wednesday, September 4, by evoking the anniversary of the election of Chilean President Salvador Allende in 1970.
“On September 4, 1970, Salvador Allende was elected president of Chile with 37% of the vote. The right wing rejects his legitimacy. They will do so until his assassination,” wrote the Insoumis leader on his X account. In 1970, the socialist Salvador Allende narrowly won the election against the former right-wing president. He finally committed suicide three years later, after a military coup led by Augusto Pinochet, and supported by the United States led by Nixon.
On September 4, 1970, Salvador Allende was elected president of Chile with 37% of the vote. The right wing rejected his legitimacy. It would do so until his assassination. Then, the liberalism of the Chicago Boys would be applied for the first time as an economic policy. Reagan, Thatcher, Blair,…
— Jean-Luc Mélenchon (@JLMelenchon) https://twitter.com/JLMelenchon/status/1831261331741081860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Jean-Luc Mélenchon evokes the “liberalism of the Chicago Boys”
Jean-Luc Mélenchon took the opportunity to point out the economic “liberalism” of the group of economists nicknamed “Chicago Boys” which will be applied in Chile and elsewhere. “Reagan, Thatcher, Blair […] Read more
