Written by Yusuke Hashimoto
I didn’t know much about Chilean political history and immigrants before the discussion with Alex and Ricardo. One of good things for me to study in the U.S. is that I can really feel diverse communities and people. Because my country is a racially homogeneous nation and it is rare to see immigrants, this session was really interesting for me to learn about political background of Chile and its history.
As Ricardo mentioned in the session, Chile has a downside of the history, which is Pinochet Era from 1973 to 1990. A military coup overthrew the president Allende when the armed forces bombarded the presidential palace with a help of the U.S. government.After that, a military junta led by Pinochet took control of the country. The first years of the regime were marked by human rights violations. Under the “Operation Condor”, a lot of citizens who resisted the Pinochet regime were murdered, and more than 100,000 were sent to concentration camp. Such human rights violation will never happen again.
I didn’t know much about Chilean political history and immigrants before the discussion with Alex and Ricardo. One of good things for me to study in the U.S. is that I can really feel diverse communities and people. Because my country is a racially homogeneous nation and it is rare to see immigrants, this session was really interesting for me to learn about political background of Chile and its history.
As Ricardo mentioned in the session, Chile has a downside of the history, which is Pinochet Era from 1973 to 1990. A military coup overthrew the president Allende when the armed forces bombarded the presidential palace with a help of the U.S. government.After that, a military junta led by Pinochet took control of the country. The first years of the regime were marked by human rights violations. Under the “Operation Condor”, a lot of citizens who resisted the Pinochet regime were murdered, and more than 100,000 were sent to concentration camp. Such human rights violation will never happen again.
I'm going to introduce this beautiful building according to my former career as an architect. As Alex said in the session, Museum of Memory and Human Rights (http://www.museodelamemoria.cl) is one of the places in Santiago we shouldn’t miss. Of course, we can learn about the sad history of Chile here though, we should also visit here in terms of architectural design. (Some of us are interested in Architecture in Chile, aren’t you?) This museum was completed in 2007 in the cultural district of Santiago. The museum building, designed by Brazilian design studio 'estudio america de arquitetura', looks super clean and modern, but its structure is very unique. A huge mass looks floating on the ponds, and the building itself works as a gate welcoming visitors.
Hope our city tour would include visiting here in terms of learning both human rights and Chilean modern architecture.
References:
archdaily.com / Memory Museum
US news travel / Museum of Memory and Human Rights
Hope our city tour would include visiting here in terms of learning both human rights and Chilean modern architecture.
References:
archdaily.com / Memory Museum
US news travel / Museum of Memory and Human Rights