Land administration in post-conflict Chile
Flores-Borquez, Mia
In 1970 Salvador Allende was elected as President of Chile with a mandate to create social justice by constitutional means. This included agrarian reform, a programme of social housing, the nationalisation of foreign-owned natural resources, distribution of land to the land workers, and the restoration of land to the indigenous peoples. The overthrow of the Allende Government in 1973 by a bloody military coup d'etat was followed by brutal repression and the suppression and massive breaches of human rights. Hundreds of thousands of people were detained after the coup, 30,000 were executed, 2,500 "disappeared", and one million Chileans went into exile. As well as committing acts of murder and its widespread use of torture, the military junta confiscated the property of its opponents and reversed the land distribution policies of the Allende Government.
Event: Symposium on Land Administration in Post Conflict Areas
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