Re: [Marxism] A leftward drift in Chile?

["Jeffrey Thomas Piercy, El Pato Comunista" <mqduck@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just got back from being in Chile for three weeks yesterday. Quick
comments:


Political ads on TV are restricted by law to two 15-minute periods every
day. Candidates pay alot of money to TV networks to buy a few minutes of
ad time in that period. I don't speak Spanish, but one of the times I
asked what was being said, my sister told me that Bachelet was talking
about cracking down on crime. Didn't leave a good impression on me.

The main communist party of Chile (I don't remember their name) called
for a boycott of the election, claiming both candidates were the same.

My brother-in-law told me that the groups of kids they have campaigning
for one candidate or another are paid and "don't vote anyway."

I saw at least three graffitis of swastikas crossed out and "NAZIS NO"
or some such written.

In one very poor town I passed through, the entire thing was covered
with posters from the _last_ presidential election for the communist
candidate. But there were also many from the right-wing candidate who
was an ally of Pinochet.

As far as I can tell, _everyone_ hates Bush.


-Jeff

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