Byline: ROBERT RENO
Saving Chile from socialism turned out to be a squalid affair that lasted 17 years, during which Chilean democracy was extinguished by a particularly unattractive military dictatorship.
What made it so offensive was that it often mimicked the very process by which various communist revolutionaries ``saved'' their nations from capitalism.
And now Chile has another duly elected socialist president, Ricardo Lagos, cheered by crowds in Santiago this week as he acknowledged the presence of the widow of the last duly elected socialist president, Salvador Allende. Lagos has socialist credentials that include a nomination to be Allende's …
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