Acto de Chacarillas
TheActo de Chacarillaswas a ceremony performed on the summit of Cerro Chacarillas inSantiago,Chileon 9 July 1977 organized by themilitary dictatorship of Chile.It was organized by the Frente Juvenil de Unidad Nacional to commemorate its second anniversary and a new anniversary of theBattle of La Concepción.[1]
The event was prepared by Álvaro Puga, who was director of Public Affairs of the General Secretariat of the Government, and byJaime Guzmán.Guzmán was in charge of writing the speech made by president and dictatorAugusto Pinochet.The design and scene of the event was made byEnrique Campos Menéndez(national director of Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos) and Germán Becker Ureta, an advertiser with experience in organising massive shows.[2]
Seventy seven young men and women were invited to the act, the number being chosen to represent the 77 Chilean soldiers that died in the Battle of La Concepción in 1882.[3]Andrés Chadwick,Hans Gildemeister,Cristián Larroulet,Joaquín LavínandAntonio Vodanovicwere among the invitees.[3]
The act was reminiscent of those held inFrancoist Spain.[4]
References
[edit]- ^"Discurso de Augusto Pinochet en cerro Chacarillas con ocasión del día de la juventud el 9 de julio de 1977".Wikisource.July 9, 1977.RetrievedJanuary 5,2015.
- ^Alvarado Leyton, Matías (2018)."El acto de Chacarillas de 1977. A 40 años de un ritual decisivo para la dictadura cívico-militar chilena".Nuevo Mundo.RetrievedApril 7,2021.
- ^ab"La Juventud en Chacarillas".El Mercurio.July 9, 1977.RetrievedJanuary 5,2015.
- ^González, Yanko (2015)."El" Golpe Generacional "y la Secretaría Nacional de la Juventud: purga, disciplinamiento y resocialización de las identidades juveniles bajo Pinochet (1973–1980)"[The "Generational Putsch" and the National youth Office: Purge, disciplining and resocialization of youth identities under Pinochet (1973–1980)].Atenea(in Spanish).512(512): 10.4067/S0718–04622015000200006.doi:10.4067/S0718-04622015000200006.