Everybody who pays any attention to news about Chile has seen the MSM's standard view of the Pinochet coup that overthrew Salvador Allende. Namely, that Pinochet was bad, Allende was good, and the whole outcome was terrible.
If you're interested in another view, one that turns the standard view on its head, take a look at this article for Townhall.com by Humberto Fontova. In his reading of the event, Allende was a Castroite Communist, Pinochet was a Chilean patriot, and the U.S. had little to do with the homegrown revulsion against Allende's dictatorship of the proletariat.
Who is correct? My memory of the events in question says the Chilean middle class was instrumental in the Allende overthrow. These were people who had something to lose: taxi drivers who owned their cabs, small business owners, devout Roman Catholics and property owners.
