CHELIAN GENERAL STRIKE ON 02.07.1986

 


General Strike by opposition groups and trade unions against the Chelian dictator Pinochet started from Second July 1986

The general strike against General Augusto Pinochet in Chile began on July 2, 1986. It was organized by opposition groups, political parties, labor unions, and social movements to challenge the military dictatorship. The strike was to pressure Pinochet for democracy. Pinochet led a military dictatorship in Chile following the U.S.-backed coup on September 11, 1973, which overthrew the democratically elected socialist President Salvador Allende. The regime was marked by political repression, torture, disappearances, and the suppression of political parties and labor unions. The regime’s neoliberal economic policies, implemented by the Chicago Boys (U.S.-trained Chilean economists), led to economic growth for some but increased poverty and inequality. Opposition to Pinochet grew through grassroots movements, labor organizations, universities, and the Catholic Church. Three people were shot dead, and 200 were detained. Tear gas was used against the protesters. On July 2, two young activists, 19-year-old Rodrigo Rojas DeNegri (a Chilean-American photographer) and 18-year-old Carmen Gloria Quintana, were detained by the military in Santiago. Soldiers beat them, doused them with gasoline, and set them on fire. The military ordered radio stations to halt news on the strike, restricting them to the government announcements. Pinochet increased repression, arrests, and media censorship. The strike eroded his legitimacy domestically and internationally. The strike led to the 1988 plebiscite. The Majority of Chileans voted “No” to Pinochet. Led to democracy in 1990.

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