Judge Juan Guzmán had supported General Augusto Pinochet’s 1973 coup that toppled democratically-elected President Salvador Allende and left thousands of others dead or disappeared. But when in 1998 Judge Guzman was assigned the first criminal cases against Pinochet, what he learned about the past changed his mind about the General, and forced him to confront his own role in the tragedy. He joins Leonard, along with Elizabeth Farnsworth, director of a new documentary called "The Judge and the General." It airs on PBS on August 19 at 10 pm.
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“The Judge and the General” will be screened
Thursday, August 7, at 6:30
at the Film Society of Lincoln Center
W. 65 St., between Broadway and Amsterdam
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My family in Brazil had a similar positive reaction to the Brazilian coup in 1964. They believed that the military would come in, oust the leftist President and then hold new elections. What they actually got was 20 years of dictatorship and thousands of dead countrymen. The big difference though was that Chile had more of a tradition of peaceful transition of power and stability prior to the junta than Brazil did. I have heard that this was part of the reason why it was so bloody. The Brazilian coup was relatively bloodless. It was the mopping up of Communist sympathizers and dissidents in the decades afterward that really marked the darkest times.
Has either Judge Guzman or Elizabeth Frarnsworth seen "The Black Pimpernel," about the Swedish ambassador at the time, who saved hundreds of people?
Did the guests ever read the book or watch the documentary "The Trial of Henry Kissenger?" which devotes time to the death of Salvadore Allende. It investigative work of Christopher Hitches.
Do they think that Kissenger should be extradited to Chile to stand trial for his role that is detailed in the documentary?
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